Fish Culturist II; Offgrid Hatchery - AFK

Fish Culturist II (Offgrid Hatchery) - AFK (Agriculture)

The Fish Culturist II is a regular, full-time position with benefits. The position works and resides at the Armin F Koernig Hatchery. The Armin F Koernig Hatchery is a remote, off-grid Pacific salmon hatchery located on Evans Island in the Prince William Sound of Alaska. The hatchery is accessible via boat from Whittier, AK or air charter from Chenega, AK.

• Health/Vision/Dental Insurance (no monthly premium cost)
• Life Insurance (no monthly cost)
• 100% employee vested 403(b) Retirement Plan, 6% employer match after 1 yr of service
• 5+ Weeks Annual Leave
• Annual Leave Travel Assistance
• Work Wear Allowance
• Relocation Assistance
• Employer-Provided Housing

Position Title:

Fish Culturist II
Category:
Full time, Regular
Payroll Classification:
Hourly, Non-exempt
Organizational Unit:
Hatchery Operations

Location:

Remote (off-grid), Hatchery or Field Station
Customary

Work Hours:

Variable, Based on 40-hour workweek (infrequent overtime)
Wage Range: $21.26 - 28.63/hour Determined Based on Experience
Basic Function:
Fish Culturist II functions as part of the hatchery operations team in the cultivating and rearing of fish. Under supervision, initiates, supervises and performs complex professional or technical field, laboratory, or office work, or directs major segments in various phases of hatchery operations. Independent judgment is exercised with written procedural approaches and only unique and complex situations referred to the supervisor.

This class is the senior working level of the fish culturist series. Incumbents perform a variety of complex fish culturist tasks and may act as the technical project leader of a hatchery project. Independent judgment and performance is exercised in initiating and/or implementing hatchery projects, processes and schedules. Incumbents may supervise technical personnel. Fish Culturist II is distinguished from the I level in that incumbents manage hatchery projects and serve as acting manager of the hatchery in the absence of the Hatchery Manager and the Assistant Manager.

• Fish propagation:
  Enumerating, caring, killing, spawning and disposing of carcasses; preparing, cleaning and maintaining incubator; monitoring and maintaining water quality; loading, enumerating, picking and caring for egg/alevin; rearing, enumerating and setting up out migration of fry; perform other general duties associated with fish culture operations.
• Fish Harvest:
  Preparing, repairing and maintaining harvest equipment; loading, transporting, caring for and unloading harvest pens; collecting and recording fish harvest management data.
• Prepares feeding and rearing schedules based on calculated growth rates; prepares feed; supervises and/or performs necessary feeding activities.
• Establishes fish loading densities, oxygen delivery levels, and water temperature control measures for the transport of fish via specialized containers.
• Supervises and participates in egg‑taking, egg care, otolith marking, and out migration operations that meet prescribed performance standards.
• Maintains and adjusts calculated quantities, temperatures, and dissolved gas levels of water supplies to provide desired quality, quantity, and temperature to incubation and rearing units. Takes water samples. Cleans water and bacterial filters, ponds, troughs, tanks, incubators, screens, and work areas.
• Analyzes data, facts, and information, and draws logical conclusions. Performs data entry or analysis using computers and software.
• Performs gross examination of fish for diseases or nutritional disorders and reports results.
• Operates and adjusts hatchery apparatus such as pressurized water filters, automatic fish feeders, electronic egg and fish counters, electronic measuring devices, and ultraviolet and ozone depuration equipment.
• Assists higher level operations staff in conducting various biological studies such as rearing, ecology observations, lake surveys, and marked fish recovery.
• Takes samples from commercial fisheries catches for data on species, size, age and sex composition; collects scales, otoliths, ovaries or other biological…