Forestry Crew Specialist 1/2 (Wildland Firefighter) Print (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana/jobs/newprint/4846750) Apply  Forestry Crew Specialist 1/2 (Wildland Firefighter) Salary $2,382.00 - $4,819.00 Monthly Location Clinton, LA Job Type Classified Job Number FOR-50652003-2.25.25-CH Department DAF-Agriculture and Forestry Opening Date 02/25/2025 Closing Date 3/11/2025 11:59 PM Central + Description + Benefits + Questions Supplemental Information Job# FOR-50652003-2.25.25-CH The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry is an Equal Opportunity Employer and State as a Model Employer (SAME) to promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace . *This position has a Special Entrance Rate at each level of the Career Progression Group* Forestry Crew Specialist 1 has an SER of $13.82 per hour. Forestry Crew Specialist 2 has an SER of$15.16 per hour. This position (#50652003) is located in the Office of Forestry. This position is domiciled in East Feliciana Parish. This position may be filled by probation or by promotion of a classified employee of Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry serving with permanent status. Applicants who are not permanent employees of Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry will be required to serve a probationary period up to 24 months. This position is eligible to receive on-call compensation ($1.00/hour) when the employee is required to be available for work status at times outside of the regular work schedule. Work schedules and on-call rotations are determined by the Ag/Forestry Regional Administrator. The incumbent of this position will receive hazardous duty pay ($1.73/hour) for all hours worked in addition to their base salary. As part of a Career Progression Group, vacancies may be filled from this recruitment as a Forestry Crew Specialist 1 or 2 depending on the level of experience of the selected applicant(s). Please refer to the 'Job Specifications' tab located at the top of the LA Careers Current Job Opportunities' page of the Civil Service website for specific information on salary ranges, minimum qualifications and job concepts for each level. No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy. To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completing the work experience sections of the application. This agency participates in the E-Verify system for verification of citizenship and employment authorization. All candidates for hire must undergo drug screening. For further information about this vacancy contact: Cody Hulbert HR Specialist Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry 5825 Florida Blvd., Suite 1001 Baton Rouge, LA 70806 Chulbert@ldaf.state.la.us The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry strictly prohibits workplace harassment and discrimination on the on the basis of race, color, gender, sex, pregnancy, age, disability, religion, national origin, military service, sickle cell trait, protected genetic information or other non-merit factor. LDAF also strictly prohibits employment decisions based upon or influenced by such factors. Minimum Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: No experience or training is required. NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENT: Possession of a current Louisiana driver's license. Job Concepts Function of Work: To serve as a member of an autonomous forestry crew and as such provides assistance to forestry management and protection personnel. Level of Work: Entry. Supervision Received: Functional from Forestry Crew Specialist Leaders and Forestry Parish Assistants and general from Forestry Crew Supervisors or Forestry Parish Supervisors. Supervision Exercised: None. Location of Work: Department of Agriculture and Forestry. Job Distinctions: Differs from Forestry Crew Specialist 2 by the absence of responsibility for more specialized non-professional forestry management and fire suppression activities. Examples of Work EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED. Serve as a member of a forestry crew, fights forest fires, and serves on call-out 24 hours per day during fire season or other critical periods as needed. Participate in forestry management activities under close supervision such as plowing fire lines, controlled burns, and maintaining landlines. Collects cone and seed plants and picks up and delivers seedlings. Maintain fire towers and sites, which may include painting, performing minor plumbing and electrical repairs, and repairing and/or constructing standby cabins and other buildings and facilities. Services fire fighting equipment by changing oil, greasing, washing, waxing, and performing minor repairs to vehicles. Ensures that hand tools (axes, shovels, drip torch, etc.) are in good repair and ready for use. Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career. As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program: Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/ Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year: + New Year's Day + Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, + Mardi Gras, + Good Friday, + Memorial Day, + Independence Day, + Labor Day, + Veteran's Day, + Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. ***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase. Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to): + Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system + Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org), + Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others 01 To ensure compliance with the LDAF Nepotism Policy, do you have any immediate family members or relatives who are currently employed with the LDAF? Immediate family member is defined as children (blood, step, adopted), spouse, brother, sister, father, mother, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, mother-in-law and father-in-law. Relative includes immediate family members previously defined and also includes grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, uncle, aunt, niece and nephew. + Yes + No 02 If you answered "yes" to the above question, please list the name of your immediate family member and/or relatives currently employed by the LDAF. If you answered "no" to the above question, enter N/A. 03 Are you currently a classified employee of Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry serving with permanent status? + Yes + No 04 Do you have a valid Louisiana driver's license? + Yes + No 05 The incumbent of this position may drive a state-owned vehicle during working hours. Office of Risk Management prohibits drivers with three or more moving violations in a one year period from operating a state-owned vehicle. Based on this information, will you be able to operate a state-owned vehicle? + Yes + No Required Question Employer State of Louisiana Address For agency contact information, please refer to the supplemental information above. Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802 Phone (866) 783-5462 Website http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm Apply Please verify your email addressVerify Email