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EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION

Vacancy announcements for next season’s permanent and seasonal positions will be out sometime in December or January. Look for job announcements on the USAJOBS website during December and January of any given year to apply for the upcoming season with the crew. Please read the next section for instructions on how to navigate through the USAJOBS website. Applicants need to follow the filing directions in the announcement.

Alpine IHC is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Instructions On How To Access Vacancy Announcements

To find the Alpine IHC job announcements

• Visit the website at http://www.usajobs.opm.gov
• Click on Search Jobs
• Enter Forestry Technician in the blank provided
• Scroll Down and select CO-Estes Park under Location Search
• Do not select a category under Job Category
• Enter GS 4 to 5 under Pay Grade Range
• Under Applicant Eligibility:
• select NO if you are applying for temporary/seasonal job
• select NO if you are applying for a permanent subject to furlough competitive, all sources (demo) position
• select YES is you are applying for a permanent subject to furlough being flown merit promotion
• Click SUBMIT
• NOTE: The job title may not include anything about it being a hotshot position in the banner line. However, if you click on the underlined job title you will be able to read the specific announcement and it will state whether it is a job with the Alpine Hotshots. If not select the next announcement until you find it.

To find & print an OF 612

• Visit the website at http://www.usajobs.opm.gov
• Choose forms and click on it
• Click on Optional Forms
• Scroll down to OF 612 and click on the PDF/F link next to “OF612”.)
• You can complete the form online and print it or save it to your computer and fill it in and print it.
• To print, choose File (top left corner of screen), Print, OK.

List of Federal Job Opportunity Researchable Via The Internet

U.S. Office Of Personnel Management
http://www.nps.gov/cgi-bin/intercept?http://www.usajobs.opm.gov
(This is the primary database of federal job openings for many agencies. It is updated daily.)

Federal Jobs Library
http://www.nps.gov/cgi-bin/intercept?http://www.fedworld.gov/jobs/jobsearch.html
(Computerized shareware versions of federal job applications OF-612 and SF-171 can be downloaded from this database.)

USA Careers Career Planning Website
http://www.nps.gov/cgi-bin/intercept?http://www.usacareers.opm.gov/ does not work any longer

Federal Job Digest
http://www.nps.gov/cgi-bin/intercept?http://www.jobsfed.com

National Park Service
http://www.nps.gov/personnel



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