Resource Technician GS-05

Summary

The Recent Graduates Program affords developmental experiences in the Federal Government intended to promote possible careers in the civil service to individuals who have recently graduated from qualifying educational institutions or programs. Current students who are scheduled to graduate within nine months may also apply to these positions. However, these students cannot be appointed until after graduation and the official degree has been awarded and conferred.

Duties

• Responsibilities listed are at the GS-05
• Compiles information from field data and computes the mathematical portions of timber sale appraisals.
• Assembles contract pages, and completes standard sale contracts, prospectus, and related documents from information in the timber sale appraisal and other sources.
• Reviews documents in sale package to detect and correct any discrepancies in rates, dates, land descriptions, and other data.
• May audit and submit scale tickets or tree measurement tally sheets, review computer output, and prepare reports as required by workload.
• Prepares presale documents (as for large sale) from field data for review by small sales forester, assembles, duplicates, and mails invitations to bid.
• Prepares documents for new bonds or bond changes.
• Reviews monthly timber sale statements of account; detects and recommends correction of errors through sale accounting system.
• Computes, audits, and summarizes tally sheets.
• Ensures all transactions are input in the timber sale accounting system to maintain accurate financial records.
• Answers inquiries about small sales program such as proposed sale volumes, locations, products, dates of offerings, etc.
• Writes routine letters to permittees from brief verbal instructions.
• Returns deposits to unsuccessful bidders and maintains required records.