JOB SUMMARY: **THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS BEING EXTENDED TO JANUARY 6, 2025** These positions may be filled for a six month seasonal period, but can vary due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding. Anticipated Entry on Duty: April 20 (Glacier National Park)and (Glen Canyon National Recreation Area) and May 5th (Grand Teton National Park) For more park(s) information, select "Learn more about this agency" below: MAJOR DUTIES: Be a successful applicant. Watch this 5 minute video to learn how to create a federal resume. The individuals selected for these positions will perform a variety of resource and visitor protection duties including but not limited to: enforcement of federal and state laws, regulations, and policies, vehicle and foot patrol, front country patrol, back country and wilderness patrol, emergency response, emergency medical services, search and rescue, visitor stewardship and orientation, wilderness management, boundary enforcement, protection of natural and cultural resources (wildlife, plants, archeological sites, historic building) and wild land fire suppression. Positions at Grand Teton and Glacier National Parks will operate on whitewater rivers. These positions will conduct patrols on the Snake River (at Grand Teton NP) and on the North and Middle Fork of the Flathead River (in Glacier NP), an advanced technical swift water river and participate in a large number of rescue incidents on these and other rivers. Duties include providing emergency medical assistance, responding to search and rescue incidents, performing patrols and performing operations on swift or whitewater rivers. At Glacier NP, selectees will be expected to perform overnight river patrols. Physical Demands: Duties will require rigorous fieldwork requiring above average physical performance, endurance and superior conditioning. Work requires prolonged standing, walking over uneven ground, and reoccuring bending, reaching, lifting and carrying of items over 50 pounds and shared lifting and carrying of heavier items, and similar strenuous activities requiring agility and dexterity. Duties involve performing physically rigorous assignments, often in isolated outdoor environments while exposed to severe weather conditions. Dangerous persons must be physically confronted, subdued, and apprehended, many of whom are known to carry weapons. There is a high-stress component associated with much of the incumbent's work assignment. Physical fitness requirements must be met prior to and on a continuing basis during employment. Work Environment: Duties require extended periods of outdoor work where the incumbent will be exposed to severe weather conditions including temperatures well below freezing to in excess of 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Investigations are conducted on foot, in four-wheel drive vehicles, or other forms of conveyance in remote backcountry settings. Emergency service and law enforcement work requires entry into hazardous environments, exposure to dangerous persons, animals, and substances and potential exposure to infectious diseases. Long periods of surveillance work may be required in cramped or unpleasant locations and under unpleasant conditions. A wide range of personal protective equipment and clothing is required to be used and worn, some of which may be uncomfortable, hot or inconvenient to wear. Adherence to specific safety procedures and other precautions is required. Selectees will work on rivers and have associated hazards that come with whitewater rivers. IMPORTANT: Click the 'Apply for this job' button to view a complete job description. ***
