Fish and Wildlife Technician ; PCN

Job Description

This position is open to all Applicants. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries is recruiting for a Fish and Wildlife Technician 3 located in Haines, Alaska.

This permanent seasonal Fish and Wildlife Technician 3 position serves as the crew leader of a 3-member crew on the Chilkoot Lake weir adult salmon stock assessment project. Primary duties include performing project and camp installation, maintenance, and removal, and identifying, handling, sampling, and enumerating adult salmon passing through the fish weir.

The Division of Commercial Fisheries strives for a diverse and inclusive workforce where safety and well-being are paramount, and employees at all levels promote a culture where everyone is valued, treated equitably, and treated respectfully. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game s mission is to manage, protect, maintain, and improve the fish, game, and aquatic plant resources of Alaska. The primary goals are to ensure that Alaska s renewable fish and wildlife resources and their habitats are conserved and managed on the sustained yield principle, and the use and development of these resources are in the best interest of the economy and well-being of the people of the state.

The mission of the Division of Commercial Fisheries is to manage subsistence, commercial, and personal use fisheries in the interest of the economy and general well-being of the citizens of the state, consistent with the sustained yield principle, and subject to allocations through public regulatory processes.

This position is an excellent opportunity to join the dedicated team of professionals in Haines working to maintain healthy populations of some of the largest salmon runs in Southeast Alaska. The incumbent will play a crucial role in the management of our salmon resources through ensuring the collection of high-quality data that will steer in-season management decisions of the local Haines subsistence, personal use, and commercial drift gillnet fisheries.

Join the State of Alaska for a career with the Department of Fish and Game, and experience working hands-on with the salmon runs of the Northern Lynn Canal and in close proximity to the wildlife that depend on them.

The Chilkoot weir is within the Chilkoot State Park accessed on the road system approximately 10 miles northeast of town in the center of a one-mile stretch of river between Lutak Inlet and Chilkoot Lake. The daily work environment is dynamic with the majority of time spent outside on the salmon weir and nights spent on site in the dry cabin overlooking the river.

This position provides support for bear monitoring and collaborates with State Park rangers to keep bears, and crew safe. Exposure to wild animals, insects, inclement weather, low level flying, travel by boat or skiff, or contact with drugs and chemicals may occur. Ability to effectively handle firearms is required. Ability to lift and carry 50 lbs. and perform physically demanding work for extended periods of time is required.

Housing may consist of bunkhouses, dry cabins, vessels, or wall tents. Positions are seasonal or temporary. Valid driver’s license required.

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

• Experience with fieldwork, specifically working at a weir or other fish counting system.
• Experience identifying, capturing, and handling salmonids.
• Ability to perform physically demanding work and withstand inclement weather.
• Experience working and living in bear country with knowledge of wildlife safety and ability to operate firearms.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience working effectively as part of a diverse team in a supervisory or leadership role.

Minimum Qualifications

High school graduation or the equivalent. AND Six months experience at the developmental level of fish and wildlife technician or aide. With the State of Alaska, this experience is equivalent to Fish and Wildlife Technician 2. OR One year of technical laboratory and/or field experience involving fish or wildlife research, management, or habitat protection; as a commercial fisher, guide, or trapper;

or a subsistence hunter or fisher.

Substitutions:
An additional six months of work experience involving fish, wildlife, outdoor manual labor, or in a laboratory may substitute for the high school graduation or equivalent. Bachelor of Science degree in fisheries, wildlife, or habitat protection may substitute for a maximum of two years of technical laboratory or field experience, involving fish or wildlife research, management, or habitat protection.

Work may involve exposure to animals, insects, inclement weather, low level flying, travel by boat or skiff, or contact with drugs and chemicals. Housing may consist of bunkhouses,…