WG-3: Laborer (Trails) - The primary purpose is to perform recurring laboring work involving grounds, trails, roads, facilities. WG-4: Laborer (Trails MVO) - The primary purpose is to perform work for the trails program maintaining backcountry trails and structures also performing recurring laboring, grounds, and basic maintenance duties and to operate motor vehicles and equipment to transport personnel, materials, supplies, and equipment.
Anticipated Entry on Duty: April 2027.
The typical season period is April through October but can be variable during these months due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding. WG-3: Duties: These positions support trail maintenance and rehabilitation projects throughout the back country and front country trails in the park. The work consists of trail brushing; removal debris and wind fall from the trail corridor, as well as construction and repair of trail bridges. Reconditioning trail drainage systems.
Front country trail work involves culvert replacement, trail grading and asphalt preparatory tasks. Digging ditches trenches with picks and shovels where soil is hard and compact and must be graded or sloped. Breaking up pavement, soil, or concrete; mixing and pouring concrete, asphalt, and hot/cold mix; filling and leveling holes in damaged roads. Back country toilet facilities are maintained and cleaned.
WG-4: Duties: Operating light duty motor vehicles such as pickup trucks, sedans, flatbed trucks, etc., up to 10,000 pounds to transport personnel, supplies, materials, equipment, and tools throughout the park. Use of hand tools such as lawn mowers, portable snow blowers, shovels, rakes, lawn edging equipment, tar pots, culvert steamers, brush chippers, power compactors, power saws, chainsaws, rock bars, picks, axes, crosscut saws, single-jack hammers, etc.
Loading and unloading supplies and materials from trucks, trailers, dollies. Moving heavy items using wheelbarrows and hand trucks. Digging ditches and trenches with picks and shovels where soil is hard and compact and must be graded or sloped. Breaking up pavement, soil, or concrete; mixing and pouring concrete, asphalt, and hot/cold mix; filling and leveling holes in damaged roads. Open to the first 500 applicants or until 11/03/2026 whichever comes first.
There is no substitution of education for experience for Federal Wage System (FWS) positions.
This position is with National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
The posted pay range is $19.36 – $30.51/hr.
Applications close on 2026-11-03.
This is a Work schedule dependent on the position position.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government · Retrieved 2026-10-28 · Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM or USAJOBS.gov
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