Charles C Johnson applying for: Biological Science Technician, GS-404-05/06/07 announcement number #12-95DEA K S A s 1) Knowledge of feral animal control methods. What knowledge of animal control methods I do have is from hearing others explain their work to me while working for the Resource Management Division at Great Smoky Mountains National Park ("5" on my OF612, 1986). I know that there feral pigs are the biggest problem, that they are usually trapped and then shot if on the Tennessee side of the park, and turned over to the state if on the North Carolina side of the park. I also know experiments were being done at that time with fences to exclude the pigs from certain especially sensitive areas. 2) Knowledge of the principles and techniques of natural resource management to recognize and interpret the effects of a particular management action on species and habitat. My job with the Resource Management Division at Great Smoky Mountains National Park was resource management. It was mostly, but not exclusively, exotic vegetation control. I also received some fire training. My job with Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge ("2" on the OF612, 1992-94) was also mostly exotic vegetation control. My job with the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, in the Siskiyou Mountains ("3" on my OF-612, 1991), was assisting field research on deer habitat use. I helped put in permanent transects in a previously burned area and surveyed vegetation along the transects. My job at Lantana Research Group ("4" on the OF-612) was assisting lab and field research investigating ways to control biting midges more specifically and more effectively. I counted crabs, took physical measurements of the water, did vegetation mapping, counted spiders and trapped insects in a mangrove swamp, and identified and counted insects in the lab, identified plants, did library research, and helped maintain the equipment and the lab. I received education in methods used to study organisms in the field and lab in various ecology, biology and statistics courses I have taken while studying for my Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Biology. I also took a course in Natural Resource Management (Environmental Alterations) and one specifically in Wildlife Biology (Conservation Biology, both at the University of Oregon, 1991). My undergraduate grade point average was 3.79 and my grade point average at the University of Oregon was 3.88. Much of the college course work for my Masters Degree in Biology (University of Oregon, 1991) involved reading and interpreting technical documents and data. Some of the data was data I collected myself in lab classes, some was from technical and scientific journals. Charles C Johnson applying for: Botanist, GS-430-07/09 announcement number #13-95DEA K S A s 3) Knowledge of vegetation Management techniques, particularly alien plant identification and control to protect native plant ecosystems. My job with the Resource Management Division at Great Smoky Mountains National Park was resource management. It was mostly, but not exclusively, exotic vegetation control. I did mostly foliar sprays with hand sprayers or fire pumpers, a lot of hand pulling, and stump treatments. I also received some fire training. My job with Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge ("2" on the OF612, 1992-94) was also mostly exotic vegetation control. We usually used a combination girdle/herbicide application on Melaleuca trees growing in the refuge's marshes, but also used foliar sprays (with hand sprayers or larger spray rigs), hand broadcast of herbicide pellets, basal bark herbicide treatments, felling and stump treatment, and hand pulling. I have experience using pesticides and herbicides, both at home and on the job. For my job at the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge I had to get a pesticide license (Florida, number 005029, public) and had no problem even though I was given less than 24 hours to study the material I was tested on. As part of the pesticide license program I attended periodic seminars on exotic vegetation control. I have taken a plant taxonomy course (Florida Atlantic University, 1986, "A") where I learned to recognize a variety of plant families, and also to use keys and the herbarium to Identify them. Because I have lived in Florida most of my life I am probably already familiar with some of Hawaii's alien plants. 4) Ability to communicate orally and in writing to direct and motivate field crews, and document resource management activities. I have had to write dozens, if not hundreds, of papers and reports for my college courses. I received a score of 5, the highest possible, on the essay portion of the CLAST test (3/85), a test all college students are required to take in Florida. I write estimates, proposals, invoices, and other business correspondence and financial reports in my work at James Newman Workroom (1994- 1995, part owner, manager, "1" on my OF-612). I have had to coordinate activities and I sometimes give instructions to others. Of course, in all my jobs I have had to receive instructions, either orally or in writing. I got an A in the course Fundamentals of Speech, a public speaking class (1985). At James Newman Workroom I am the one who usually answers the phones and deals with the callers ( at least when I am in the shop ). 5) Ability to lead biological field crews. As part owner and manager I have been supervising anywhere from zero to four employees at James Newman Workroom.