Engineering Equipment Operator

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Job Qualifications System for Trades and Labor Occupations will be used in determining your qualifications. There is no specific length of training or experience required; however, you must be able to demonstrate through experience shown in your resume. Screen-out Element: Ability to do the work of the position without more than normal supervision. This must be verifiable on your application. To qualify for an Engineering Equipment Operator WG-08, you must have experience driving a diesel truck with lowboy transporting engineering equipment over the highway with some experience driving in off road over flat or rolling terrain. To qualify for an Engineering Equipment Operator WG-10, you must have experience driving a diesel truck with lowboy transporting engineering equipment over the highway with some experience driving in offroad or unimproved road situations over steep terrain (i.e. mountains, slopes, graded curves/shoulders). Selective Placement Factor for WG-08/10: You must have a valid state Class A Commercial Drivers License (CDL). 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. You must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement. Physical Effort: Heavy physical effort is used by the operator in constantly reaching, bending, turning, and moving hands, arms, feet, and legs to handle controls to operate the equipment and attachments. Frequent adjustments to the equipment is required under the more adverse operating conditions on the rough terrain. Considerable strain is caused by the constant vibration of the equipment and the jerking and jolting from operating on rough surfaces. During fire suppression assignments, the operator is exposed to smoky conditions, fire burns, and other similar conditions. As a line firefighter this position is subject to the Bureau’s step test and arduous physical requirements for firefighters. Working Conditions: Work is performed in all types of weather, often in an open driver’s seat on hills, slopes, grades, rolling surfaces, and forests. The operator is exposed to continuously to injury due to the possibility of the equipment overturning or to the possibility of being overrun by the wildfire. The operator is subject to noise, vibration, dust, dirt, and fumes from the motor and exhaust and to smoke from wildfires.
Explore a new career with the BLM – where our people are our most precious resource. This is a Public Notice for positions being filled under the Direct Hiring Authority (DHA) for Wildland Fire. Under this recruitment procedure applications will be accepted for each location identified in this Public Notice. Veterans Preference is not applicable to this announcement. To learn more about Direct-Hire Authority, go to: OPM.GOV Hiring Information – DHA.