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Company Name : State of Hawaii
Location : Maui, HI
Position : FORESTER II AND III – MAUI
Job Description : Recruitment Information
Recruitment Number 22-0137
THIS JOB POSTING WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL 25 APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED. PLEASE APPLY IMMEDIATELY AS THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE AT ANY TIME.
The immediate vacancy is located in Wailuku to Kahului.
II Level: $3,933 to $4,785 per month (SR-18, Step C to H).
III Level: $4,252 to $5,178 per month (SR-20, Step C to H).
Hiring rates will be based on availability of funds, the applicant’s qualifications, and other relevant factors.
As a condition of employment with the State of Hawaii, all qualified external candidates who have been given a conditional offer of employment must show proof of full COVID-19 vaccination and shall be fully vaccinated by his/her/their employment start date. A reasonable accommodation will be provided if requested by a candidate and it is determined through an interactive process that pregnancy, a qualifying disability, or a sincerely held religious belief prevents the candidate from receiving a COVID-19 vaccination.
Duties Summary
The Forester series includes positions of which require primarily professional knowledge and competency in forestry science. The work involves the supervision of and/or participation in the development, production, conservation, and utilization of the natural resources of forest and associated lands; management of forest resources (including timber, water, soil, recreation, plant and wildlife habitat)in relationship with other resources to meet present and future needs; protection of resources against fire, insects disease, weeds, floods, erosion, and other depredations; protection of threatened and endangered species; evaluation of forest properties and resources thereon or potentials; discovery and interpretation of principles and facts upon which the management of forest lands rest; integration of socio-economic variables i the development of forestry management practices; and development of new/improved methods, practices, techniques and instruments necessary to perform such work.
Forester II: As an advanced trainee, assists in observations and surveys to collect data concerning details of forest land, resource characteristics, conditions, practices or treatments and ecological, silvicultural, economic or other technical/administrative considerations; summarizes findings into reports, annotated maps, memoranda, etc.; searches for new plant species and gathers selected seeds for propagation; revises maps to show forest boundaries, road changes, trails and lava flows; fights forest fires; and enforces laws, rules and regulations governing forest areas; and performs other related duties as assigned.
Forester III: This class reflects the first level of an independent worker in Professional Forestry Work. Work assignments encompass problems of average difficulty and complexity. Work is characterized by the analysis and evaluation of conditions, characteristics, values and relationships of forest resources. As an individual or as a team leader, plan and carry out systematic forest resource surveys and inventories; develop plans for recreation sites; evaluate forest fire hazards; cruise tracts of timber prior to release for sale; assemble appraisal data; survey boundaries; check on trespass on State lands; lay out trails and timber roads; conduct administrative studies; may direct the work of lower level professional and non-professional forestry workers; and perform other related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualification Requirements
To qualify, you must meet all of the following requirements:
EDUCATION: Graduation with a bachelor’s degree from an accredited four (4) year college or university with major study in forestry or a closely related field which must have included 15 semester hours with curriculum sufficiently diversified to include courses in each of the following three subject areas:
1. Management of Renewable Resources: study of the science of managing renewable resources to attain desired results. Examples of creditable courses in this area include silviculture, forest management operations and planning, forest product management, agroforestry, arboriculture, wildland fire science or fire management, utilization of forest resources, forest regulation, environmental policy, horticulture, recreational land management, watershed management, hydrology, and wildlife or range habitat management.
2. Forest Ecology/Forest Biology: study of the interrelated patterns, processes, classification, distribution, characteristics, identification of forest vegetation and the interrelationships of living organisms to the forest environment. Examples of creditable courses in this area include dendrology, forest ecology, restoration ecology, plant ecology, silvics, botany, forest genetics, wood structure and properties, soils, entomology, and forest or plant pathology.
3. Forest Resource Measurements and Inventory: study of sampling, inventory, measurement, Geographic Information Systems, geography and analysis techniques as applied to a variety of forest resources. Examples of creditable courses include forest biometrics, forest mensuration, forest valuation, statistical analysis of forest resource data, forest or environmental economics, renewable natural resources inventories and analysis, and photogrammetry or remote sensing.
FORESTRY EXPERIENCE:
Forester II: No Experience required.
Forester III: One year of progressively responsible professional forestry work experience involving one or a combination of any of the following:
1. Management of forest resources, e.g. forest products, water, botanical, wildlife, public recreation, soils, urban forestry, wildlands;
2. Protection of forest resources against fire, insects, diseases, invasive species, floods, erosion(s) and other depredations.
3. Development, production, conservation, restoration, monitoring, inventory, and utilization of forest resources;
4. Applied research and analysis directly applicable to the development, protection, production, and management of forest resources; and/or
5. Resource planning for the development, protection, production, and management of forest resources.
Driver’s License:
Applicants must possess a valid driver’s license at the time of appointment.
Physical Ability (Lifting and Carrying): Some positions require the ability to lift and carry items of various weights with or without reasonable accommodation. One of the immediate vacancies has this requirement.
Firearms requirement: Some positions may require the handling of firearms and ammunition. Applicants for these positions must not possess a conviction of domestic violence. One of the immediate vacancies has this requirement.
SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED: Relevant substitutions as described in the Minimum Qualification Requirements will apply (click link below).
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