Joseph DiModica

Email: abp0xh@r.postjobfree.com

Address: ** **** ***** ***.

City: Fairview

State: NC

Zip: 28730

Country: USA

Phone: 865-***-****

Skill Level: Entry

Salary Range: $40,000

Willing to Relocate

Primary Skills/Experience:

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Educational Background:

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Job History / Details:

Joseph Philip DiModica II

Country of Citizenship:

United States

Veterans'' Preference:

No

Registered for Selective Service:

I am a male born before January 1, 1960, and therefore I am exempt from registering with the Selective Service.

Highest Grade:

04

ICTAP Eligible:

No

Availability:

Job Type: Permanent, Temporary, Term, Detail, Internships

Work Schedule: Full-Time

Desired locations:

United States

Work Experience:

USDOI Bureau of Indian Affairs

2015 Lonnie Abbott Blvd.

Ada, OK 74820 United States

04/2012 Present(Temporary appointment not-to-exceed 09/29/2012)

Salary: 27,990.00 USD Per Year

Hours per week: 40

Series: 0462 Pay Plan: GS Grade: 04

This a time-limited appointment or temporary promotion

Forestry Technician (This is a federal job)

Supervisor: Ashley Large 580-***-****)

May contact my supervisor

Responsible for a combination of community-based fire prevention events, public fire education and home assessments on trust and restricted Indian owned land with the jurisdictional boundaries of the Chickasaw Nation.

Educates public as to fire danger, advises on precautions to take prevent occurrence of destructive fires, distributes fire safety information and explains pertinent laws and regulations to the public. Completes home assessments and evaluations throughout the Chickasaw Nation to promote Fire wise practices on trust and restricted Indian owned lands.

USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station

Forest Inventory and Analysis, 890 Old Kingston Pk.

Field Data Collection Section

Knoxville, TN 37919 United States

06/2001 - 04/2010

Salary: 53,773.00 USD Per Year

Hours per week: 40

Series: 0460 Pay Plan: GS Grade: 09

Forester (This is a federal job)

Supervisor: David ''Vince'' Few 662-***-****)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

Using a combination of all of the following, I located and remeasured Forest Inventory

and Analysis Sample Plots and Forest Health Monitoring Sample Plots, in all of the following States: NC, SC, TN, TX, LA, AL, AR, FL, MS, and OK. I use my keen and sharp skills in interpreting aerial photographic imagery and maps, in order to find the correct plot locations. I have participated in timber product utilization studies in AR, LA, LA and OK. Actively assisted the LA, MS, OK and KY check cruising Foresters; learned a significant amount on the overall process of checking plots. I have been engaged in the first survey of MS since 1992. Engaged in OK and LA. Contact Supervisor: Yes.

USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station

Forest Inventory and Analysis, Field Data Crew

11 Campus Blvd., Suite 200

Newtown Square, PA 19073 United States

07/2000 - 06/2001

Salary: 23,633.00 USD Per Year

Hours per week: 40

Series: 0462 Pay Plan: GS Grade: 06

This a time-limited appointment or temporary promotion

Forestry Technician (This is a federal job)

Supervisor: Mark Majewsky 231-***-****-30)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

As a 2-4 yr. Term Appointee, I performed the same job duties as in my previous position. The only difference being that I worked throughout the State of Michigan, my Mount Pleasant, MI duty location. Contact Supervisor: Yes.

USDA Forest Service, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest

Ely Ranger District

825 Avenue. East

Ely, NV 89301 United States

05/2000 - 07/2000

Salary: 10.93 USD Per Hour

Hours per week: 40

Series: 0462 Pay Plan: GS Grade: 05

This a time-limited appointment or temporary promotion

Forestry Technician (This is a federal job)

Supervisor: Steve Schacht 307-***-****)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

Inventoried the districts Mesquite-Juniper-Pinion Pine Types from the Ely Ranger District duty location. The primary goal was to determine, quantity, location, fuel loading, and then the threat of wildfire. Weekend Forest Patrol, and refilled the districts aerial photography. Contact Supervisor: Yes.

USDA Forest Service, Superior National Forest

Lacroix Ranger District

8901 Grand Ave. Place

Duluth, MN 55808 United States

05/1999 - 11/1999

Salary: 21,797.00 USD Per Year

Hours per week: 40

Series: 0462 Pay Plan: GS Grade: 05

This a time-limited appointment or temporary promotion

Forestry Technician (This is a federal job)

Supervisor: Jim Thompson 231-***-****)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

The address listed above is for the SO, but I worked out of the Lacroix Ranger District in Cool, MN. Served under the District''s TMA, to assist the Timber Sale Boundary Crew. I used my skills in map and aerial Photographic Interpretation, to locate the timber sale cutting unit boundaries and to map them (using a Trimble@ GPS unit). I sat in on the District''s Timber Sale Meetings. Through this participation, I learned a great amount concerning the importance of a thorough scoping effort; i.e., knowledge of and anticipation of the potential pitfalls and problems. One must be aware of any regeneration that is present and which could possibly be left undamaged, as the selected over story is removed. Furthermore, one needs to ask, is even a suitable amount of merchantable and accessible timber volume to justify the sale in the first place

Also, one must be aware of the presence of RMZs (Riparian Management Zones), or potential RMZ''s, as these may present involve issues with the Shipstead-Newton-Nolan Legislation. One must be aware of the local BMPs (Best Management Practices), with regard to RMZ Buffer Zones, as well. All of this knowledge, plus a thorough timber cruise, must be implemented, before the EA (Environmental Analysis) and EIS (Environmental Impact Statement can be written. I have had insight into how the lack of a thorough and keen on-the-job observation, can waste much time and effort, whenever this critical advance work is either not performed or done at a subpar level. The person writing the EA should do an ''on-site'', beforehand; it is difficult to write about an area you have not seen. One must also be aware of the Local Listing of Species on EPA''s List of Threatened and Endangered Plant and Animals. On the La Croix R.D., for example, we had to protect the habitat for the Lynx and Timber wolf. We had to protect Human and Cultural Resources; i.e., Archaeological Artifacts (Historic Preservation Act), cemeteries, and whatever mitigation measures would be needed, if found. This scoping effort must be thoroughly demonstrated to the viewing public or one is just inviting an appeal. I learned that the courts take a hard look at this. We are all under scrutiny. I say, ''Do it right the first time! I also used my Skills in Aerial Photographic Interpretation to distinguish differences between vegetation features such as bare rock, bare soil, Mature Sawtimber, Pole timber, Seedling/sapling, or recent clear-cut. I located Property Lines on Color-Infrared Aerial Photography, using the District''s ''Compel'' maps (for the upcoming timber sales, as well. I used the District''s Two-Way Radio System to call-in my locations throughout the day. Contact Supervisor: Yes.

ACRT, Inc., Environmental Specialists

1333 Home Ave.

Akron, OH 44310 United States

10/1993 - 11/1998

Salary: 9.60 USD per Hour

Hours per week: 40

Utility Forester

Supervisor: Kevin Ott 800-***-****)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

Serving from several different contract electric power utility locations (MD, DE, MS, TN, and MI), I served as a Pre-work Planner for Power Right-Of-Ways Maintenance to be performed for improved service reliability and public relations. I made the initial landowner/occupant contact. I was their ''advance person''. (Contact Supervisor: Yes, Supervisor''s Name: Kevin Ott. Kevin is no longer with the company; hence, you will need to ask for the President or Vice President.

USDA Forest Service Region 8, Forest Health Protection

200 WT Weaver Blvd,

Asheville, NC 28804 United States

04/1993 - 09/1993

Salary: 18,340.00 USD Per Year

Hours per week: 40

Series: 0462 Pay Plan: GS Grade: 05

This a time-limited appointment or temporary promotion

Forestry Technician (This is a federal job)

Supervisor: Steve Oak 828-***-****)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

Served as field data collector for a special Wash. office Oak Decline study. The objective was to evaluate and validate a ranking system for stands. Our plots were used to establish a system to rank stands for their vulnerability to Oak Decline/Gypsy Moth infestation. Contact Supervisor: Yes.

Woodland Management

Po Box 250

Paradise, MT 59856 United States

04/1992 - 07/1992

Hours per week: 50

Forester

Supervisor: Roger Lund 406-***-****)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

Duties were to run line-plot cruise lines across the employer''s contracted company''s lands in NW Montana (Plum Creek Timber Co.). Overnight camping in primitive conditions and hiking in remote and rugged terrain. I was paid based on a cash per plot cruised basis. Production was critical! (Contact Supervisor: Yes, Supervisor''s Name: Roger Lund (Owner). I achieved the # 1 ranking in plot production and quality of a crew of five!.

Bio-West, Inc.

1063 W 1400 N

Logan, UT 84321-2291 United States

08/1991 - 11/1991

Salary: 7.10 USD Per Hour

Hours per week: 50

Forester

Supervisor: Gordon Younker 435-***-****)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

As a seasonal hire, I served on a 2-3 person crew surveying streams within the Idaho Panhandle Nat. Forest (Forest Service Contract). I also performed ''Old Growth'' Stand Verification Exams, and skidding trail incline profiles, as well. This was a Contract USDA, Forest Service Position. Overnight camping in primitive conditions and hiking in rugged, steep terrain. (Contact Supervisor: Yes, Supervisor''s Name: Gordon Younker. Mr. Younker is retired; hence, you will need to ask for the President.

USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station

Forest Inventory and Analysis

11 Campus Blvd., Suite 200

Newtown Square, PA United States

05/1987 - 08/1991

Salary: 21,023.00 USD Per Year

Hours per week: 40

Series: 0460 Pay Plan: GS Grade: 07

This a time-limited appointment or temporary promotion

Forester (This is a federal job)

Supervisor: Robert E. Ilgenfritz 610-***-****)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

As a temporary appointee, my job description was the identical to my other two FIA positions, with the following exceptions: I worked the following States: 1. Morehead, KY (Morehead Ranger District-1987, 2. Morgantown, WV-1988, 3. Pine Grove, Clearfield, and Washington, PA-1989 and 1990, I was the Crew Leader in Clearfield 04-89 to 02-90, and Athens, OH, 1990-1991. Joe Redden was my Supervisor here; Ph. 202-***-****. Contact Supervisor: Yes.

USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station

Bent Creek Experimental Forest

200 WT Weaver Blvd

Asheville, NC 28804 United States

06/1984 - 07/1984

Hours per week: 40

Series: 0462 Pay Plan: GS Grade: 03

This a time-limited appointment or temporary promotion

Volunteer Forestry Technician (This is a federal job)

Supervisor: David Loftis 828-***-****-115)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

Volunteer Research Aide on the Bent Creek Experimental Forest, Upland Hardwood Ecology and Management Unit on 1577 Brevard Rd, Asheville, NC 28806. 828-***-****. (Contact Supervisor: Yes. Mr. Loftis is retired, hence, you will need ask for the current manager.

Education:

NC State University Raleigh, NC United States

Bachelor''s Degree 05/1985

GPA: 2.4 of a maximum 4.0

Credits Earned: 222.0 Semester hours

Major: Forestry

Montreat College Montreat, NC United States

Associate''s Degree 05/1979

GPA: 2.0 of a maximum 4.0

Credits Earned: 69.5 Semester hours

Major: General Science

Job Related Training:

Eastern and Southern Regional USDA Forest Service University, Columbus, OH. Wise Leadership, Practical Leadership for 1st Time Non-Supervisors, and Two Way Communication.

2007 R8 Silvicultural Exam and Prescription School, Atlanta and Dillard, GA.

Passed National FIA Manual Certification-02-2005 with the highest Score.

Passed So. Research Station FIA Certification Plot-02-02.

Passed No. Central. Research Station FIA Certification Plot-02-01.

Passed GPS Training Course for Federal Field Biologists.

Passed WCT Tests every year since 2000.

Attended Insect and Disease Training Course:10-01 Hiawatha Nat. Forest, St.Ignace, MI.

Passed Basic Wildland Type II Firefighter Training 06-00 Carlin, NV-sponsoring Agency, USDOI, BLM, Ely, NV District; held at U-NV-Reno''s Wildfire Training Academy. I-100, S-130, and S-190. Re-certified in 09/2012.

Passed Basic Wildland Firefighter Power Saw Certification-S-212 on 11-02 for Class A Sawyer Certification, with supervision only.

10-05-Hardwood Tree Grade Training.

01-07-USDA, FS, SRS, FIA, Intro. To ArcView-GIS.

05-07-USDA, FS.R8, Silvicultural Exam and Prescription School.

Affiliations:

Society of American Foresters - Active Member

References:

Name Employer Title Phone Email

Richard R. Braham, pHD NC State University Professor 515-***-**** abp0xh@r.postjobfree.com

Joseph G. Reddan USDA Forest Service Legislative Affairs Coordinator 202-***-**** abp0xh@r.postjobfree.com

Robert E.Ilgenfritz USDA Forest Service Section Head 610-***-**** abp0xh@r.postjobfree.com

Andrew E. Edwards USDA Forest Service QA-QC Forester-Mississippi 662-***-**** abp0xh@r.postjobfree.com

Aaron L. Thigpen USDA Forest Service QA-QC Forester-West TX 318-***-**** abp0xh@r.postjobfree.com Indicates professional reference

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