PARK RANGER - 42002122 (FOR INTERNAL AGENCY EMPLOYEES ONLY)

Requisition No: 866699 

Agency: Agriculture and Consumer Services

Working Title: PARK RANGER - 42002122 (FOR INTERNAL AGENCY EMPLOYEES ONLY)

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 42002122 

Salary:  $40,000.22 - $45,000.00 

Posting Closing Date: 12/14/2025 

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PARK RANGER

 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES

 FLORIDA FOREST SERVICE

***INTERNAL AGENCY OPPORTUNITY--
ONLY CURRENT EMPLOYEES OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES WILL BE CONSIDERED.***

CONTACT:

David Creamer, (850) 957-5717             

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: 

A high school diploma or its equivalent.

NOTE: ALL POSITIONS WITHIN THIS CLASS REQUIRE POSSESSION OF A VALID DRIVER LICENSE.

***ATTENTION CANDIDATES***

To be considered for a position with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services:

• All fields in the Candidate Profile must be completed (an attached resume is not a substitution for the information required on the candidate profile).
• Work history, duties and responsibilities, hours worked, supervisor, and formal education fields, etc. must be filled out to determine qualifications for this position.
• Responses to Qualifying Questions must be verifiable in the Candidate Profile.

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services values
and supports employment of individuals with disabilities. Qualified
individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Occasional to moderate travel required. 

Occasional weekend hours required. 

Position may respond to emergencies, including natural disasters or other type incidents requiring travel, as needed.

NOTES: 

To maintain fairness and integrity in our hiring process, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to answer qualifying questions or participate in interviews is strictly prohibited. Applicants must provide their own, authentic responses during all stages of the evaluation and recruitment process. Any candidate found using AI to assist in their answers will be disqualified from consideration.

Successful applicant must pass a background screening, including fingerprinting, as a condition of employment.

JOB DUTIES:

Responsible for collecting and counting user fees.  Verifies and balances revenue.  Fills out deposit forms including Records of Deposits.  Deposits recreation revenues into the bank.  Regularly maintains revenue and usage data spreadsheets from recreation areas.  Reconciles revenue.  Follows policy and procedures regarding cash, checks, credit card revenue, and returned checks.  Responsible for reconciling credit card revenue and filling out deposit forms for credit card payment system, if in use.  Handles revenue and accounting for Friends of Florida State Forest (FFSF) transactions.  Attempts to collect on returned checks and documents collection attempts.  Prepares refunds for forest users.    

Maintains primitive sites through litter collection, road work, posts, signage, etc.  Maintains trails through trail painting, signage, mowing, etc.  Assists other personnel in making improvements in recreation areas.  Responsible for oversight, including maintenance, of one or more recreation areas, with fixed facilities such as bathhouses, swimming piers or docks, campsites, picnic tables, horse paddocks and stables, dining rooms, open-air pavilions, gate houses, well houses, grounds, swimming lake maintenance, etc.  Duties include personal contact with users and visitors to the recreation area, providing information, enforcing state forest rules and policies, and providing for the general safety of all individuals using the area.  Maintenance of recreation facilities, including cleaning restrooms and stocking supplies, as often as needed (sometimes more than once a day), picking up litter, making minor electrical, plumbing, and carpentry repairs, landscape maintenance including mowing and trimming, posting signs and maintaining information kiosks.  May work alone or as part of a group.  May be required to work in multiple recreation areas (improved and unimproved) as needed.  Responsible for overseeing the work of Campground Hosts and OPS staff as needed, which may include OPS lifeguards.  When overseeing lifeguards, ensure public safety.  May be responsible for reporting hours worked by OPS and volunteers.  Inspects horse health documents.   

Takes recreation reservations and keeps reservations on Microsoft Access or other computer programs and in hard copy format.  Backs up reservation information and sends to the appropriate people.  Prepares forest user permits on Microsoft Word and Microsoft Access.  Works with volunteer groups, individual volunteers, and the FFSF, Inc.  Logs volunteer hours on the VOLT database and generates reports.

Informs the public on the recreation program and recreation issues.  Orders and maintains printed recreation materials for the public.  Assists with grants.  Inputs recreation data into reports.  Logs forest management data on computer files. 

Gives tours on the state forest as needed.  Attends recreation meetings that involve Blackwater’s recreation user groups.  Responsible for compiling forest recreation data such as usage numbers.  Develops forest information for the public.  Uses GPS units for mapping purposes. 

Performs periodic special duties such as providing support of special recreation events and assisting in field assignments.

             The Following Special Benefits for this Position Include  

• Annual Uniform Allotment
• Annual Boot Allotment

The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck.  The State’s total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:

• Annual and Sick Leave benefits;
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal holiday each year;
• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision and other supplemental insurance options;
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions (For more information, please visit www.myfrs.com;)
• Flexible Spending Accounts;
• Tuition waivers;
• And more!

For a complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.

For an estimate of the total compensation package for this position, please visit the “Total Compensation Estimator Tool” located above under the “Posting Closing Date.”

SPECIAL NOTES:

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE.  Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply.  Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.  Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code.  Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here.  All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.