Summary description:
Serves as a Park Ranger assisting the ranger staff with the routine day-to-day duties required to operate and maintain the recreational facility to which the employee is assigned.
Job description:
The applicant will perform the following duties: a. Hold orientation talks, environmental education programs, and conduct interpretive events. b. Greet, inform, and direct visitors with regards to project facilities and resources. c. Educate and assist in the enforcement of project rules, regulations, and safety concerns to gain compliance. d. Perform operations and maintenance activities related to natural resource management/environmental stewardship. Examples include wildlife habitat, trail and planting bed maintenance, natural resource surveys, etc. e. Perform operations and maintenance activities related to recreation management. Examples include beach maintenance, recreation area inspections, corrections of deficiencies, water quality sampling, etc. f. Perform operations and maintenance activities related to flood risk management. Examples include obtaining and reporting weather readings, working on dam slopes, dam tower security checks, etc.. g. Work closely with volunteers regarding all above items.
Candidates are responsible for their own housing costs.
Eligibility factors:
All Services
Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.Possession of or the ability to acquire a state driver's license.Required to wear prescribed uniform as identified in regulation ER-1130-2-422, dated 01 OCT 1991.Incumbent is required to work in adverse weather conditions (e.g., heat, cold, rain, wind, etc.).Ability to work nights and/or weekends depending on the needs of the project to which the employee is assigned. Incumbent must receive a minimum of 24 hours of personal protection/unarmed self-defense, situational evaluation, and tactical communication training within two years of employment. Incumbent must possess or be able to acquire first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and blood-borne pathogen training.
