Horse Wrangler

DutiesSummary

Explore a new career with the BLM - where our people are our greatest natural resource.

For information about BLM in Oregon/Washington, visit our website.

For information about the Burns area, visit the Harney County Chamber of Commerce.

We expect to fill 2 vacancies at this time; however, additional positions may be filled from this announcement if they become available.


Responsibilities
• This position is responsible for assisting in all phases of facility operations including animal preparation, daily feeding and care, private care placement and adoption compliance, facility maintenance, and public outreach.
• These duties require expert knowledge of animal husbandry practices.
• Operation of 4x4 tractors and loaders.
• Ride horseback and rope and restrain wild horses.
• Identify animals by color and markings.
• Effective communication skills.
Travel Required

Occasional travel - Occasional travel may be required.

Supervisory status

No

Promotion Potential

None

• Job family (Series)

  5001 Miscellaneous Plant And Animal Work

• Requirements

  RequirementsConditions of Employment
  • U.S. Citizenship is required.
  • Be sure to read the ?How to Apply? and ?Required Documents? Sections.
  • You cannot hold an active real estate license; nor can you have an interest or hold stocks in firms with interest in Federal Land
  • Direct Deposit Required.
  • Appointment will be subject to a favorably adjudicated background/suitability investigation/determination.
  • Your resume must contain enough information to show that you meet the qualification requirements as defined in the announcement. In addition, your responses to the questions must adequately reflect in your resume.
  • May require a one year probationary period.
  • Applicant(s) tentatively selected for this position will be required to submit a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use and to pass the test prior to appointment. In addition, this position is subject to random testing for illegal drug use.
  QualificationsSelective Placement Factors: This position requires a special qualification that has been determined to be essential to perform the duties and will be used as a screen out element. Those who do not provide evidence they possess the following selective factor(s) will be rated not qualified:
  
  Screen-out Element: Ability to do the work of the position without more than normal supervision.
  
  WG-07: Ability to do the work of a Horse Wrangler without more than normal supervision ensuring animal well-being and welfare by providing care, feeding, handling, preparation for adoption, medical treatment. Receives wild horse and burros from trucks and trailers into corral system for separation. Assists with classification of wild horse and burros. Rides and handles saddle horses to safely control wild horse and burros from horseback on the open range, in corrals and in pen areas for gathers or general care. Herd's animals through corral system for aging, medication, freeze branding, gelding or other needs. Assists veterinarian in inoculating, de-worming, drawing blood samples. Operates horse trailers, dump trucks, front end loaders, tractors and motor vehicles. Assists in preparing horses for shipment to adoptions and processing paperwork. Answers questions about care, handling, training, feeding practices.
  
  OPM Job Qualifications System for Trades and Labor Occupations will be used in determining your qualifications. There is no specific length of training or experience required; however, you must be able to demonstrate through experience shown in the resume materials, that you possess the skill level that has equipped you with the particular job elements to successfully perform the duties of Horse Wrangler without more than normal supervision.
  
  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.
  
  You must meet all qualification requirements by within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.
  
  Physical Effort: Work related to WH&B requires considerable and strenuous physical exertion to handle, ride (e.g. full gallop), rope, maneuver and restrain domesticated horses and wild horses and burros up to 1,500 pounds. Work involves physical exertion and agility while performing duties such as heavy lifting (i.e., hay bales weighing in excess of 100 pounds, unloading and carrying portable panels, steel fence posts, jute, other materials and equipment), bending, walking, standing, operating of trucks, coupling and uncoupling of trailers and working with other equipment (e.g., torches for welding).
  
  Working Conditions: Working with WH&B inherently includes hazards and dangers while riding, pursuing, roping, corralling, counting, loading, handling and caring for wild animals where conditions cannot always be controlled. Hazards and dangers consist of being kicked, scratched, bitten, falling or being run over. Driving vehicles and hauling WH&B requires safe operation for on highways, in facilities, off road and rough road terrain in all weather conditions. Welding involves exposure to fumes, infrared and ultraviolet radiations, heat, flying sparks and the possibility of eye injury and burns. Welding also includes work in awkward or cramped positions to get to hard to reach places. Proper safety equipment will be worn to minimize risks. Work will be outside in HMA's, corrals, and other areas in all conditions (i.e., dusty, rainy, snowy, humid) and temperatures (i.e., over 100 degrees F, below zero temperatures). There are risks related to slippery, muddy, frozen, uneven and rocky ground. May be required to work irregular work schedules, weekends and holidays. Education

  This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

  Additional information

  DOI uses E-Verify to confirm employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit www.dhs.gov/e-verify.
  
  Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)/lnteragency Career Transition Assistance Program(ICTAP): CTAP provides eligible surplus and displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. Information about CTAP/ICTAP eligibility is available from OPM's Career Transition Resources website at CTAP or ICTAP. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration or that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) This vacancy is within your CTAP/ICTAP eligibility; 2) You apply under the instructions in this announcement; and 3) You are found well qualified for this vacancy. You must provide proof of eligibility with your application to receive selection priority. Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of CTAP/ICTAP eligibility, or a copy of your separation personnel action form.
  
  CTAP and ICTAP eligibles will be considered well qualified if they receive a minimum score of 90 based on the rating criteria used for this position.
  
  SELECTIVE SERVICE: Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must certify that they have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. To register or verify your registration go to the Selective Service System at https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistration.aspx
  
  Travel and relocation expenses will not be paid by the Department of the Interior. Any travel, transportation and relocation expenses associated with reporting for duty in this position will be the responsibility of the selected employee.
  
  This position is not eligible for Telework.
  
  This announcement is being advertised concurrently under number ORDE-21-10991929-AB, which is open to all qualified persons. You must apply to each announcement separately if you wish to be considered under both recruitment methods.
  
  BLM may use certain incentives, currently offered by the Federal government, to attract high quality applicants.
  
  If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document, you do not have in electronic form; view the following link for information regarding an Alternative Application

  
  How You Will Be Evaluated

  You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

  Resumes must show relevant experience and other information. Your resume must list your education and work experience including the dates (mm/yyyy) of each employment along with the number of hours worked per week and optional salary information. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. Visit the USAJOBS Help Center for more information on What should I include in my federal resume?
  
  Your resume will be used to validate your responses to the assessment tool(s). Failure to provide required information will result in loss of eligibility. You are welcome to submit an optional cover letter.
  
  You will be evaluated based on how your application materials reflect the qualification requirements of this position.
  
  Once the application process is complete, we will review your application to ensure you meet the job requirements. To determine if you are qualified for this job, a review of your resume, supporting documentation and responses to the online questionnaire will be made. Your responses to the online questionnaire will be used to measure the degree to which your background matches the requirements for this position. However, your resume must support your responses to the scored occupational questionnaire, or your score may be lowered. The best qualified candidates will be identified for referral to the hiring manager and may be contacted for an interview.
  
  Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following job elements required to do the work of this position:

  • Ability to do the work of the position without more than normal supervision
  • Ability to Interpret instructions, specifications; other than blueprints
  • Ability to use and maintain tools and equipment
  • Dexterity and Safety
  • Knowledge of materials.
  • Technical Practices: theoretical precise, artistic
  
  
  Background checks and security clearanceSecurity clearance

  Not Required

  Drug test required

  Yes

  Position sensitivity and risk

  Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk

  Trust determination process

  Credentialing, Suitability/Fitness

• Required Documents

  Required Documents

  In addition to the online application (resume and responses to the questionnaire), you are required to submit the following forms:
  
  Current and former federal career and career-conditional employees: Submit a copy of your most recent (non award) SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, or equivalent document that verifies tenure (block 24, code 1 or 2) and Competitive Status (block 34, code 1).
  
  Former Public Lands Corps (PLC) Member: Submit a copy of your "Certificate of Eligibility for Noncompetitive Hiring" along with a copy of your "PLC Participant Verification Work Hours Sheet."Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA):
  
  Applicants eligible under PL-114-47, Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act. must submit documentation verifying (a) initial selection under competitive examining procedures to a land management agency under a time-limited appointment in the competitive service and (b) service under this initial appointment, or in conjunction with subsequent competitive service time-limited appointments, to a land management agency was for a period of 24 months without a break in service of two or more years. Your performance must have been evaluated as being at an acceptable level for the entire applicable period(s). "Required documentation" includes first, any extension of appointment, and last SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) for each appointment verifying the Position Occupied code (Block 34) is-Competitive Service. Also need documentation supporting satisfactory performance for each appointment. Applicants are encouraged to combine all required documents into one or more files and scan for uploading into the application. Each file must not exceed 3MB. Grouping documents into files will simplify the application process. Failure to submit required documentation will result in loss of consideration.
  
  Veterans: Submit a copy of your DD-214, "Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty," (Member 4 copy is preferred), showing the dates of active duty, type of discharge, and character of service (must be honorable); OR acceptable proof of verification of your preference (i.e., official document dated 1991 or later, from the Department of Veterans Affairs, or from a branch of the Armed Forces, certifying that the veterans total combined service-connected disability rating is 10% or more); OR written documentation from the armed forces that certifies you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions not later than 120 days after the date the certification is submitted.
  
  Applicants claiming eligibility based on 30% or more service connected disability are required to submit documentation that is indicated on the SF-15 as acceptable proof of verification of your preference (i.e., official document, dated 1991 or later, from the Department of Veterans Affairs, or from a branch of the Armed Forces, certifying that the veterans total combined service-connected disability rating is 30% or more).
  
  For more information regarding special hiring authorities for veterans please visit: https://www.fedshirevets.gov/job-seekers/special-hiring-authorities/
  
  Special Hiring Authorities: If you are applying for this position based on eligibility under other noncompetitive special appointing authorities, you MUST submit proof of this eligibility.
  
  Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or lnteragency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) eligibles: Submit documentation verifying your CTAP/ICTAP eligibility - this includes a copy of the agency notice and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level and duty location.
  
  Please note that documents selected for transfer from your USAJOBS profile are NOT automatically added do your application. You need to transfer your document(s) in the "Documents" step during the application process.
  
  Hard copy paper supplemental documents, submitted without prior Human Resources approval, will be considered as an incomplete application. Required documentation must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, on the closing date of this announcement.

• Benefits

  Benefits

  A career with the U.S. Government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Learn more about federal benefits.

  Review our benefits

  Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time, or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

• Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)

  Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.

• Federal employees - Competitive service

  Current or former competitive service federal employees.

• Individuals with disabilities
• Land & base management

  Certain current or former term or temporary federal employees of a land or base management agency.

• Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista
• Special authorities

  Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed above, but defined in the federal hiring regulations.

• Veterans

All current career/career-conditional or former federal employees with reinstatement eligibility; Veterans' Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA); Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) and former Public Land Corps (PLC) eligibles; Persons eligible under other Special Hiring Authorities. CTAP and ICTAP eligibles within the local commuting area.