Natural Resource Technician - Forest Inventory Crew Leader; PCN Job Fairbanks area,Alaska USA,Outdoor/Nature/Animal Care

The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry & Fire Protection, is recruiting for a Forest Inventory Crew Leader in Fairbanks.

What You Will Be Doing:

Lead field crews of 2-4 members in remote areas of Interior Alaska to collect forestry, botanical, and geographic data following established protocols.
Oversee and ensure the quality of forestry, botanical, and geographic data collection, providing guidance on standardized protocols and procedures.
Navigate challenging terrain, implement safe aviation and field operations, and troubleshoot field equipment under varying environmental conditions.
Assist with logistical operations, including maintaining and organizing field gear, and contribute to the overall success of project scheduling and execution.
This position offers the opportunity to gain valuable leadership and technical experience in the Forest Inventory and Analysis program.

Mission and Values/Culture:

The Division of Forestry and Fire Protection manages Alaska's forests sustainably while leading wildland fire management, forest practices, and cooperative forestry programs statewide. Its influence extends across ownership boundaries through incident management, federal timber resource oversight, and timber inventory efforts. FIA personnel support this mission by collaborating with the U.S. Forest Service to establish and inventory permanent research plots across Alaska using standardized national protocols.

Benefits

of Joining Our Team:

This position is an integral part of a team comprised of state and federal professionals executing a large interagency forest inventory program across interior Alaska. The Interior Alaska Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program covers the largest area of any FIA program in the country and offers opportunities to work, monitor, and access some of the most remote areas in Alaska.

This position offers avenues to gain proficiency in aviation operations, backcountry navigation, and ecological field measurements. Training in wilderness medicine, as well as wildlife and firearms safety, is included. Additionally, this role provides valuable exposure to the diverse career opportunities available within the Division of Forestry and Fire Protection, offering a pathway for professional growth and advancement in natural resource management.

The

Working Environment You Can Expect:

Fieldwork is conducted in remote and challenging conditions across Interior Alaska, with hazards including rugged terrain, aviation transport, bear encounters, and inclement weather. Employees must be physically fit, capable of carrying heavy packs, and prepared for off-trail hiking, as well as working in small aircraft, helicopters, boats, and tight quarters with constant background noise.

We are looking for a candidate who possesses the following position-specific competencies.

Leadership:
Influences, motivates, and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations.
Teamwork:
Encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity; fosters commitment and team spirit; works with others to achieve goals.
Physical Strength and Agility:
Ability to bend, lift, climb, stand, and walk for long periods of time; ability to perform moderately heavy laboring work.
Forest Management:
Knowledge of the concepts, principles, and theories of silviculture and forest ecology, forest use, management, harvesting, conducting inventories, regeneration, sustainability, and conservation; and the role of disturbances in timberland resources.
Reading Comprehension:
Understands and interprets written material, including technical material, rules, regulations, instructions, reports, charts, graphs, or tables; applies what is learned from written material to specific situations.

One year of journey level technical experience in natural resource management equivalent to a Natural Resource Technician 2 with the State of Alaska.

OR
Any combination of journey level technical experience in natural resource management equivalent to a Natural Resource Technician 2 with the State of Alaska and college course work from an accredited institution totaling one year where 3 semester hours or 4 quarter hours is equivalent to one month of experience.

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