Hydrologic Technician

Requirements Continued... You may be required to travel occasionally overnight away from home. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes. You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority. QUALIFICATIONS: All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-08/05/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. To qualify for this position at the GS-07 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-06 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: Technician or aid in engineering, earth, physical, or natural science, forestry, soil conservation, or surveying; trades or crafts work in maintenance or construction of facilities or equipment related to hydrology; drafting and construction estimating. Experience of hydrology to perform assigned tasks. Processing field data and of database management and recording techniques. Principles and techniques associated with measuring water resources together with the skill to modify or adapt standard techniques, processes, and procedures and to access, select, and apply precedents and devise strategies to achieve program goals. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least one full year of graduate education with a major study in an appropriate field of science, engineering, construction, or industrial technology. (One year of graduate education is 18 semester hours or 27 quarter hours). You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. To combine education and experience, first determine the percentage of experience held by dividing the number of months of qualifying full time experience possessed by 12 and then multiplying by 100. Then determine the percentage of qualifying graduate level education completed by dividing the number of credits completed by 18, then multiply by 100. Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include transcripts. Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Incumbent will assist Everglades National Park with hydrologic monitoring and data management operations. The primary responsibility of the person accepting this position will be to collect, process, and analyze physical data from continuous monitoring stations located in upland freshwater marshes and marine areas of the Park. Field monitoring includes building structures to house hydrologic, climatologic, and telemetry instruments, programming data loggers, maintaining equipment, and collecting data from monitoring stations on a routine schedule. Data management involves transferring field data to computer files, reviewing the data to assure quality, and loading data into the South Florida Natural Resource Center's (SFNRC) relational database. Data analysis task includes developing basic statistical and graphical summaries and assisting with preparation of standard reports. Area Information: Location of duty station is ~8 miles within Everglades National Park in Homestead, FL. Conditions are often hot and humid with severe weather occurring quickly. Field work will occur in open marsh land, mangrove forests, open water, at great distance (max: 100 miles) from duty station. Mosquitoes, poisonous plants, venomous snakes, and dangerous wildlife are present within the Park and are frequently encountered.