FUL - Hydrologic Technician
What you'd do
You will serve as a FUL - Hydrologic Technician. This position performs technical work in support of professional or technical employees engaged in hydrologic data collection activities. Pay will vary based on grade level and/or duty location for which you're selected. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate. Locality pay tables can be found here.
Major duties
Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Surface Water: Performs routine measurements of stage and discharge under a variety of field conditions applying established uniform methods. Ground Water: Performs routine water-level and discharge measurements from wells and springs where field conditions require uniform and established methods be followed in order to collect representative data. Water Quality: Performs routine field water-quality measurements such as water temperature, specific conductance, pH, dissolved oxygen and alkalinity. Instrumentation: Performs installation, maintenance, servicing, and troubleshooting of sensing, recording and communications equipment and instrumentation. Information Management: Enters, retrieves, edits, and analyzes simple surface, ground, and water quality data using a variety of databases, spreadsheets, and graphics software. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level. This position will be filled under the Field Unit Local Hiring Authority. Eligibility is limited to applicants who reside within the defined local commuting area at the time of application. For this announcement, the local commuting area is the area from which individuals can reasonably commute to the duty station under normal conditions. The defined vicinity for this position is: between 50-75 miles depending on location, see below for specifics. You must provide proof of residency within the defined vicinity (e.g. mortgage or property deed, lease/rental agreement, utility bill, insurance policy, etc.) at time of application. See the Required Documents section for information on how to verify current residence. You MUST maintain a permanent and exclusive residence within the vicinity of the field unit as listed below: 75 miles from 3535 South Sherwood Forest Blvd., Suite 120, Baton Rouge, LA 70816 75 miles from 765 Alligator Alley, Hardeeville, SC 29927 75 miles from 9351 Dielman Industrial Drive, Olivette, MO 63132 75 miles from 405 N. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801 60 miles from 1441 Jones Street, Idaho Falls, ID 83401 60 miles from 11103 E. Montgomery Drive, Spokane Valley, WA 99206 50 miles from 12110 Tech Center Drive, Poway, CA 92064 50 miles from 7301 Calle Agua Salada, Yuma, AZ 85364 75 miles from 1217 Biltmore Drive, Lawrence, KS 66049 75 miles from 4575 32nd Ave South, Grand Forks, ND 58201 75 miles from 1608 Mountain View, Rapid City, SD 57702 75 miles from 821 East Interstate Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58503 75 miles from 10 Bearfoot Rd, Northborough, MA 01532 75 miles from 339 Main St., East Hartford, CT 06118 75 miles from 300 East 3rd Street, North Platte, NE 69101 75 miles from 6460 Busch Blvd, Ste 100, Columbus, OH 43229 75 miles from 50 Main Street Williamsburg, KY 40769 75 miles from 3162 Bozeman Avenue, Helena, MT 59601 75 miles from 3450 Princeton Pike, Suite 110, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 75 miles from 1515 Brightwood Rd SE, New Philadelphia, OH 44663 75 miles from 640 Grassmere Park Drive, Nashville, TN 37211 75 miles from 401 Hardin Road, Little Rock, AR 72211 75 miles from 3095 W California Ave, Ruston, LA 71270 75 miles from 27 Kirkbride Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 75 miles from 308 Airport Road, Jackson, MS 39208 75 miles from 1770 Corporate Drive, Suite 500, Norcross, GA 30093 75 miles from 720 Gracern Road, Suite 129, Columbia, SC 29210 75 miles from 810 Tyvola Road, Suite 108, Charlotte, NC 28217 75 miles from 400 S Clinton St, Suite 269, Iowa City, IA 52240 75 miles from 401 NW Capital Drive, Lee's Summit, MO 64086 75 miles from 1028 S. Bishop Ave., PMB 206, Rolla, MO 65401 75 miles from 3321 College Avenue, Davie, FL 33314 75 miles from 12703 Research Parkway, Suite 200, Orlando, FL 32826 75 miles from 2639 North Monroe St, Bldg. C, Suite 101, Tallahassee, FL 32303 75 miles from 10770 North 46th St. Suite E 700, Tampa, FL 33617 75 miles from Ft Worth Federal Center, 501 W. Felix St. Building 24, Fort Worth, TX 76115 75 miles from 1505 Fergusen Lane, Austin, TX 78754 75 miles from 3745 S. Jackson Street, Suite A, San Angelo, TX 76903 75 miles from 5563 DeZavala, Suite 290, San Antonio, TX 78249 75 miles from 19241 David Memorial Dr, Suite 180, The Woodlands, TX 77385 75 miles from 202 NW 66th Street, Bldg. 7, Oklahoma City, OK 73116 75 miles from 10207-B East 61st Street, Tulsa, OK 74133 50 miles from 8550 23rd Ave, Sacramento, CA 95826 50 miles from NASA AMES-Moffett Field, Building 19, 260 Moffett Field, CA 94035 50 miles from 1653 Plum Lane, Redlands, CA 92374 50 miles from Cal Poly Technology Park II, 1 Grand Ave, Building 84, Suite 1A, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 50 miles from 2885 Mission Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
What you need to qualify
Requirements Continued... Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-08/10/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. To receive credit for experience, 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. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications: Basic Educational Requirement AND/OR Specialized Experience for the series to which you are applying. To qualify for this position at the GS-05 grade level: Specialized Experience: You must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-04 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience: work as a 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; or construction estimating. Experience performing routine measurements with water recording or quality equipment; and documenting geographic or hydrologic data. You must include the hours worked per week. -OR- Education: Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with (a) major study in an appropriate field of science, engineering, construction, or industrial technology, or (b) that included at least 24 semester hours in any combination of courses such as engineering, industrial technology, construction drafting, surveying, physical science, biology, or mathematics. You must include transcripts. -OR- Combination of education and experience. Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours of a course of study leading to a bachelor's degree is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirements. To calculate the education percentage, first total your semester hours beyond for first 60 semester hours and divide by 60; then take the number of months of full-time experience and divide by 12 (part-time will be prorated). 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.
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