About the Position:

The primary responsibility is to administer complicated timber sales having highly complex requirements and conditions. 

MAJOR DUTIES

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Incumbent functions as sale administrator on the most complex sales on the unit.  These sales are identified as having a combination of three or more of the following complexities:

• Helicopter Yarding Systems
• Streamside Management Units with special protection requirements.
• Tractor yarding with pre-designated skid trails.
• Tractor yarding with over-the-snow logging.
• Harvest within sensitive visual corridors adjacent major forest roads or stated/federal highways.
• Known cultural resources within sale area needing protection.
• StumpFage prices based upon stumpage rate adjustment.
• Stumpage prices significantly above the average for the Forest.
• Complex log accountability requirements involving out-of-zone scaling and/or multiple scaling locations.
• Endangered, threatened or sensitive species of plants or animals within the sale area requiring specific actions and/or protection measures.

• Operator requiring more than average monitoring to achieve contract requirements.

   

Reviews the contract and related pre-sale data such as preliminary logging plan, environment assessment, appraisal, etc.  Determines that all prerequisites to contract work are taken care of such as, but not limited to, advance deposits, delegations of authority, road construction and timber cutting coordination, improvement locations, operating schedules, logging plan preparations, scaling arrangements, and environmental protection measures.  Reviews plans and schedules with purchasers to assure common understanding of conditions and responsibilities. 

Throughout the life of the sale, is responsible for continuing field inspection and control of purchaser's operations such as falling, skidding and yarding, loading, hauling, and all log accountability requirements.  Determines whether utilization, slash disposal, and erosion control are adequate.  Documents all findings for the sale record.  Takes appropriate action to correct deficiencies, and assesses penalties when needed.  Ensures that stream courses and other land features are protected.

Advises purchaser's field representative of adequacy or inadequacy of operations and achieves compliance with contract terms, including safety and employment requirements. 

Determines when log hauling may be allowed on system roads under construction, makes agreements, and monthly reports of progress, initiates requests for payments, bond changes, or cooperative work.

Reviews timber sale statements of account and maintains controls to ensure that all payments and deposits are made.

Ensures that all contractual obligations are met before making final inspection and recommending sale closure.

Coordinates sale administration duties with other unit timber and related activities.  Keeps supervisor informed of major problems.  Advises other resource specialists of activities relating to their specialty; seeks advice on new or sensitive issues and ensures that resource monitoring is done in a timely manner.

As personnel are available and as workload requires, trains and provides work direction to one or two harvest inspectors who perform limited phases of sale administration.  The incumbent cooperates in developing and carrying out affirmative action efforts in the unit.

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