Wildland Fire & Resource Technician - Attack Helitack Crew; PCN -N21013

Overview

The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry & Fire Protection, is recruiting for a Wildland Fire and Resource Technician 4 in McGrath. This position is open to Alaska Residents only. Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.

This position will serve as a crew member on a wildland firefighting crew assigned to an exclusive-use helicopter. Selected candidates will also be assigned to fuels reduction activities. Fuels reduction activities include removing timber, clearing brush, piling vegetation, burning vegetation piles, maintaining project-related equipment, and documenting daily activities. This position will also be expected to respond to both initial attack and extended attack wildfire incidents as a Wildland Firefighter.

The Division of Forestry & Fire Protection, Southwest Area, provides Wildland Fire Suppression and Support activities for 88 million acres in Southwest Alaska. The Area also continues to implement a widespread Fuels Reduction Program to protect communities and values at risk from wildfires.

The Division of Forestry & Fire Protection, based in McGrath, is professional, competent, friendly, and resourceful. This duty station offers a once-in-a-lifetime and highly rewarding experience in Remote Alaska. We are looking for a motivated, positive, and flexible candidate to join our high-reliability team.

The duty station is McGrath, Alaska. McGrath is a remote community located on the upper reaches of the Kuskokwim River in Southwest Alaska. “Dry” Housing on the compound is offered to selected candidates with communal bathroom, laundry, and dining facilities provided. McGrath is a remote Alaskan community accessible only by air and boat, with a population of approximately 250 residents and very limited services.

• Leadership:
  Influences, motivates, and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations.
• Oral and Written Communication:
  Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• Fire Management:
  Knowledge of the concepts, principles, and theories of fire management, including the characteristics, behavior, and ecology of fire; methodologies, strategies, and equipment used in prescribed fires; fire detection, prevention, and suppression strategies; and integration of fire with natural resource management.
• Team Building:
  Inspires and fosters team commitment, spirit, pride, and trust. Facilitates cooperation and motivates team members to accomplish group goals.
• Physical Strength and Agility:
  Ability to bend, lift, climb, stand, and walk for long periods of time; ability to perform moderately heavy laboring work.

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Twelve months of wildland fire fighting or forestry field experience at the journey level. The required journey level experience is met by service as a Wildland Fire and Resource Technician 3 with the State of Alaska or the equivalent with another employer. And Red Card qualification under the National Incident Qualification System (see required job qualifications special note).

Substitution:
Completed coursework from an accredited college or vocational technical school in forestry, fire science, or a closely related field may substitute for up to six months of the required field experience. (For college 3 semester hours or 4 quarter hours equal one month of work experience. Transcripts or a letter from a vocational technical school must indicate a college credit equivalency for the completed coursework.

For example, at Alaska Vocational Technical Center:
Forest Ecology = 3 semester credits;
Forest Regeneration = 2 semester credits;
Timber Harvesting and Sale Administration = 4 semester credits; and Wildland Fire…