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Haleakalā National Park volunteers-in-parks (VIP) program supports 300+ volunteers each year. Last fiscal year, volunteers gave 16,000 hours in service to the park as educators, trail workers, and on special park projects.

Duties

• Identify common native and non-native plants of Hawaiian ecosystems.
• Perform plant control techniques such as cutting or brushing using hand tools (i.e. handsaws, machetes) and power tools (i.e., chainsaws and weedwhackers), following treatments prescribed by supervisor or higher-graded staff.
• Perform plant restoration work including digging holes and out planting plants working in coordination with a team.
• Assist higher-graded workers with building, inspecting and maintaining ungulate control fences in rugged terrain.
• Record data from plant control, restoration actions, and fence inspections, including GPS information, repairs made, amount of pesticide used, hours worked, and number of plants, in digital or paper forms as directed by supervisor or higher-graded staff.
• This is a term position (more than 1 year) with an initial appointment expecting to last at least 13 months but may be extended up to a total of four years, or more based on any changes to regulations governing the number of years term appointments may last, without further competition. Term positions do not convey permanent status in the Federal service.

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https://www.usajobs.gov/job/808663000