Forestry Technician - Research

USDA Forest Service, Forest Monitoring and Assessment Program 

Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, Oregon

Anchorage Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Anchorage, Alaska 

Applications being accepted for Spring/Summer 2025

Temporary (1039 hours) Forestry Technician (Research) 

GS-0462-5/6 Alaska Data Collection Crew Member 

GS-0462-05/06 Crew Member (Temporary/1039 hours) 

These positions report directly to a Crew Leader or Coordinator. The primary responsibilities of this position include photo interpretation, locating inventory plots in remote settings, measuring various forest and site attributes, and supporting the safety program. Field measurements taken by crews include: tree, sapling, and seedling data (species, diameter, height, defect, insect & disease identification, crown condition, damage, etc.); understory vegetation structure and composition assessments; down woody material measurements (line transects, litter depth, and fuels measurement, etc.); and site index and site attribute assessments (site tree selection, slope, aspect, topographic position, site description, etc.). Crews use portable, handheld computers to collect data in the field and then process the data later using laptops to address any inconsistencies or errors in field data collection. Duties include daily documentation, downloading, and editing of field data. 

Apply by COB 8/16/24 via USA Jobs.  For GS-5 position, USAJOBS - Job Announcement. For GS-6 position, USAJOBS - Job Announcement