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Museum Technician position now open in the Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution. The position closes on MAY 21.

Duties:
Assists and performs collections management work including conservation, collections facilities and environment, storage, and/or packing and shipping.
* Participates in functions of registration, loans of collections between museums, and information management.
* Uses database management systems to perform quality control to reduce digitizing errors and batch correct errors present in the collections database.
* Using terminology in the scientific field of paleontology, describes and classifies fossil flora and fauna of the world, geologic time, and stratigraphy.
* Assists in the digitizing and imaging of collection data according to the digitization goals established by the Department; assists in generation and preparation of digital specimen images and long-term image management.

1) Open to any US Citizen or US National
Vacancy Announcement #: 12R-JL-297387-DEU-NMNH
Title/Series/Grade: Museum Technician (Geology), GS- 1016 - 5
Location: Washington DC
Organization: NMNH
http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/316069200

This position is open to all U.S. Citizens or U.S. Nationals.

2) Open to current and former Federal employees with permanent status or reinstatement eligibility (see below)
Vacancy Announcement #: 12R-JL-297387-MPA-NMNH
Title/Series/Grade: Museum Technician (Geology), GS- 1016 - 5
Location: Washington DC
Organization: NMNH
http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/316074100

This position is open to current and former Federal employees with permanent status or reinstatement eligibility. Individuals who are eligible for a special appointing authority may also apply; such as applicants with a disability, former Peace Corps volunteers, certain military spouses, veterans seeking a VRA/VEOA appointment, or veterans who have been separated from armed forces under honorable conditions after 3 years or more of continuous active service.