Access Technician

Access Technician

This is a seasonal position and is based out of Broadus. Approximate employment dates for this Access Technician field position in Region 7 is mid-September through mid-December. Weekend and holiday work will be required. Work schedule for these positions is typically four 10-hour days. Housing is not provided.

Job duties include: assisting with the implementation of regional hunting access programs, coordination with area landowners and department personnel to address recreational use compliance and information dissemination for public hunting opportunities, implementing department hunting access programs and assisting landowners to provide public hunting opportunities, working with landowners, partners and department personnel to post on site area rules and regulations to ensure hunter awareness and compliance, assisting with setting up and maintaining public hunting access sites, collecting and maintaining access use data and information, documenting daily and seasonal use of hunting areas, acting as a resource for landowners and the public by responding to inquiries, providing information and direction, assisting in the resolution of conflicts which involve hunters and landowners, providing assistance with the development and dissemination of programmatic materials, communicating program information to hunters, landowners, and department personnel, managing specialized permission systems, issuing permission and providing information pertaining to specialized permission systems, providing general information to hunters regarding department rules and regulations, access opportunities, and state and local land management agency rules.

Physical and environmental demands include: frequent travel and working conditions in a field setting, typically in remote southeast Montana, overnight travel is also required and may entail using FWP facilities in remote locations, working conditions may include use of motorized vehicles, hiking, transporting equipment by foot or motorized vehicle over rugged terrain, working outdoors in all seasons and in unpredictable and inclement weather, lifting 30 - 50 pounds is commonly required, mental stress may result from prolonged or irregular work hours, physical discomfort while conducting field work, frequent travel, competing priorities, challenging interpersonal relationships and hunting access challenges in general, the incumbent may handle dead animals with potential risks from disease, parasites, and infections as well as injury during handling, which may expose incumbent to blood, internal organs, saliva, and tissue samples, public assistance duties may include use of department cell phones, printed materials, maps, visual media, GPS use and navigational assistance, this is a field position that involves extensive amounts of driving in extreme weather conditions, must be able to work both independently and as part of a team in a remote location, must have excellent communication skills and the ability to work closely with the public, must be able to effectively communicate in writing and verbally with a wide variety of people and personalities including ranchers, farmers, biologists, game wardens and hunters, must have public speaking abilities and the skills necessary to efficiently communicate and/or manage large groups of people, must be able to work with a minimum amount of supervision in remote settings, must be able to navigate the landscape and administrative boundaries by using a GPS and maps depicting private and public landownership, must be able to interpret administrative travel routes, public recreation rules, and hunting regulations, should have basic understanding of upland game bird and big game hunting regulations and/or wildlife management, knowledge of Eastern Montana and understanding of agricultural practices is advantageous, must have a driver's license and be able to operate a 4x4 truck both standard and automatic transmissions in all types of weather and road conditions, additional equipment duties may involve use of fencing tools, basic construction tools, computers and GPS.

Minimum qualifications include: basic knowledge and understanding of Montana's hunting heritage, hunting principles, rules and regulations, a basic understanding of ranching practices and agricultural communities is preferred, capable of building necessary skills to maintain partnerships between hunting access, wildlife habitat conservation and agricultural values,…