Lay Off Periods

As discussed earlier this year, all 13/13 folks will be laid off during one of the two following pay periods this fall:

• PP 23 (November 10-November 23, 2019)

                                or

• PP 25 (December 8-December 21, 2019)

Sign up for your preference next time you are in Missoula and call Ops if you have any questions.

Temp and Rookie hiring coming soon!!

ATTENTION ALL!!!

* 9/30/19 UPDATE: 

Spread the word! It's almost hiring season. All temporary hiring, including Rookies will be open from September 30th - October 15th. Any further questions can be directed to the Missoula Smokejumper training department (406)329-4894 or (406)329-4944.

NEW ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBERS ON USAJOBS.GOV:
GS6-Open 9/30-10/15, All FS Bases
20-TEMPF1-C14-0830-6DT-SCR1

GS5-Open 9/30-10/15, All FS Bases
20-TEMPPF1-C14-0829-5DT-BVR1

ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBERS NOT ACTIVE!!!
GS-05          20-TEMPF1-R1-0829-5DT-SC
GS-06          20-TEMPF1-R1-0830-6DT-SC

Fire Hire 2020 for all regions except R1 & R4 August 1st - 28th

The announcements that open August 1st – again, for REGIONS 2 – 3 – 5 – 6 – 8 – 9, will be posted in USAJOBS.gov

2019 National Accelerated Training Program

      2019 National Accelerated Training Program

    

The Forest Service is announcing the National Accelerated/Advanced Training Program (NATP) for 2020. This program is a great opportunity for leadership development in the Agency with a foundation on the advancement of incident management knowledge and experience. Participation is aimed at highly motivated nominees that would benefit from exposure to regional and national issues and mentoring by mid-level and senior leadership. It establishes an environment that brings our experienced leaders together with those developing leadership skills in a relationship of mentoring and learning.

NATP requires a dedicated commitment of one year but the relationships and experience can benefit the individual and the Agency for an entire career. Applicants need to have a targeted position of leadership (Line or Staff position) that they aspire to, a current position task book in the ICS system or working toward a non-task book position, and approval from their supervisor to be away from the home unit and regular position duties for up to two weeks at a time. Travel, training, and salary while away from the home unit will be covered under a special project code.

Objectives:

1.      Build leadership and incident management capacity to meet fire management and Forest Service challenges.

2.      Commitment towards enhancing and accelerating both leadership development and incident management skills.

3.      Streamline training and qualification timeframes through focused training plans.

4.      Work in coordination with National, Geographical, and Zone training groups on selection of applicants and implementation of the program.

 

Key Dates:

·         July 15, 2019 – Announcement and Applications Released

·         August 16, 2019 – Applications Due to Regional Training Officers

·         September 20, 2019 – Selection Process Complete

          

Interested applicants should return the enclosed application to their respective Fire and Aviation Management Regional Training Officer by August 16, 2019. Applicants should be permanent employees. There are no restricting criteria on grade level, position, or incident qualification for acceptance into the program; however, participation is limited to approximately 25 people in 2020. 

Contacts: Regional Training Officers or NATP Coordinators Russ Long (202) 281-7671 or Dana Reid (541) 215-0420, WO Fire and Aviation Management.

Application
file:///C:/Users/kurtrohrbach/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCache/Content.Outlook/0IWJ2SGO/2020%20NATP%20Application.pdf