Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest

Employment

General Employment

This web page provides information on employment opportunities on the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest along the Wasatch Front in Utah and the North Slope of the Uinta Mountain including the southwest corner of Wyoming.  The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest offers a variety of employment opportunities.  These jobs include permanent, summer seasonal and volunteer positions. Permanent and seasonal hiring with the Forest Service is conducted on a national scale with a standardized application through a program called AVUE. To make out an application in AVUE you will need the announcement number (see the spreadsheet below under job type or location and look for the column labeled announcement number) and the work location.  To look for Forest Service jobs in other locations go to the FS Jobs web sites to see what vacancies are open.

To go to AVUE, click on https://www.avuedigitalservices.com/usfs/applicant.html.  For instruction on how to complete your application in AVUE, go to http://www.fs.fed.us/people/employ/asap/User_Guide_applicant.doc. 
Some of the advantages applicants have when applying online are:

• Their application is made available for consideration immediately.
• Receive e-mail notification on the status of their application.
• Receive e-mail notification prior to their work registration update expiring.
• An e-mail account can be established when creating your profile.
• Ability to make changes to their personal information.
• Personal information can be applied automatically to each announcement.
• Electronic documents can be attached, i.e. transcripts, DD 214, etc.
  

If you do not have access to the Internet, you may contact our office toll free at 1-877-813-3476, Monday through Friday, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Mountain Standard Time. Please review the list of recruitment notices prior to calling as there are several to choose.

To go directly to the Forest Service's Centralized Temporary Employment web page, or visit the Forest Service's Employment web page, which contains general information on working for the Forest Service, special student programs, and volunteering.

Permanent Employment Opportunities

This will be developed in the future, refer to USAJobs for the meantime.

Seasonal Employment Opportunities

On the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest we have seasonal positions that will be located at a number of different work locations.  These locations are:  Salt Lake City, UT; Provo, UT; Pleasant Grove, UT; Heber, UT; Kamas, UT; Evanston, WY (Bear River Guard Station 40 miles south on the Mirror Lake Highway); Mt. View, WY (Bridger Lake Guard Station 20 miles south at Bridger Lake); Ogden, UT, Logan, UT and Spanish Fork, UT. 

If location is not a concern and you’re interested in a particular job, we have a large variety of seasonal positions.  These work responsibilities include stream surveys, fish and wildlife surveys, fire fighting, campground maintenance, fence construction and maintenance, vegetation surveys, road maintenance, heavy equipment operators.  Click on the Master List to see the jobs listed by work responsibilities. 

Firefighting

You will notice that the greatest number of our seasonal jobs are fighting fires.  Seasonal jobs in firefighting include working on a local unit handcrew, on a helitack/helirappeling crew, a Hot Shot Crew, as a smokejumper, or on an engine crew. Remember, these are tough jobs usually performed in primitive, backcountry conditions. In addition to specific requirements for each kind of job, it is essential that firefighter be in top physical condition for this demanding work. Employees and prospective employees must pass the Work Capacity Test annually before working on the fireline. The Forest Service will provide you Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) clothing, hard hat and fire shelter, but you must provide your own lug soled, leather eight-inch topped boots. The Forest Service also provides training in many specialty fields.

As the name implies, Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management is a wide field, encompassing firefighters, fire ecologists, fuels specialists, fire managers, administrative personnel, helicopter and fixed wing pilots, aviation and ground safety professionals, radio communications and electronic technicians, dispatchers, fire prevention specialists, and communicators. Generally, the Forest Service workforce reaches its highest numbers during the peak fire season each summer. There are many kinds of schedules available to work. Some sign on for a limited number of hours during the summer - they are called seasonals. Others have permanent seasonal positions, and work 26 weeks with 26 weeks off. Others work full time, year around, but have limited appointments or a "not to exceed" time limit of one to four years. And there is a large permanent, full time workforce as well — that have chosen Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management for their career. 

The people involved in Fire and Aviation Management well represent the pride exemplified by all Forest Service employees in "caring for the land and serving people." The Fire & Aviation Management program's core values are Safety, Integrity, and Mutual Respect. We look for dedicated men and women from all walks of life, of all abilities, to join our workforce.