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Announcement Number: OCRT-462-4-HOTSHOT-DT
Job Title: Forestry Technician (hotshot/handcrew), GS-0462-04
Pay Grade:GS-03 - GS-05
Positions open: "4"
Position opens: Starting in December 2010, Candidates should apply by February 1, 2011. Selection process begins in February. The crew prefers to complete its hiring by early March.
DEADLINE TO APPLY: 03/01/2011
Hiring Process Begins: February 2011
REPORT TO WORK DATE: March 2011
Notes: The Silver City Hotshots are looking to fill approximately four seasonal positions.

"As mandated by the Interagency Hotshot Crew Operations Guide, each crew member will be required to participate in at least 1 hour of structured physical training per day, 5 days per week. The physical training facilities include a fitness course, an obstacle course, free weights, a weight machine, miles of roads on which to run, and of course, numerous steep hillsides for hiking. Each member of the Silver City IHC should arrive on the first day of work in top physical condition. A physical evaluation will be conducted on the first day of work which consists of the pack test, sit-ups, push-ups, pull-ups, and bar dips. As a condition of continued hire, every member of the Silver City IHC will be required to hike 3 miles with a 45-pound pack in under 45 minutes. The first day of work is the easiest day of physical training and the real work begins thereafter."(emphasis ours) ~ Silver City Hotshots Official Website

Contact Info: Supt. Cathleen J. Lowe @ (575) 388-8248 (Office) | clowe@fs.fed.us