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Company Name : Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Location : Haines, AK 99827
Position : Fish and Wildlife Technician 3 (PCN 111662)

Job Description : JOB DESCRIPTION: The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries is recruiting for a Fish and Wildlife Technician 3 located in Haines!
What you will be doing: The Chilkoot Lake salmon weir project is a semi-remote field camp and is accessible by the Haines road system. Housing consists of a small cabin with no running water. Food and transportation will be provided while in the field; however, the incumbent will be expected to provide their own food, housing, and transportation during scheduled days off. The position requires the ability to perform physically demanding work in inclement weather for extended periods of time. This position includes working long hours each day 4 days/week, overtime eligible, and three scheduled days off each week.
This permanent seasonal position serves as a crew leader on the Chilkoot Lake weir salmon stock assessment project. Primary duties include enumerating adult salmon passage through a picket weir on the Chilkoot River by visual counting and speciation from approximately mid-May through mid-September. Other responsibilities include but not limited to installing, operating, maintaining, and disassembling a picketed fish weir installing fish traps, recovery pens, and a sampling station on the Chilkoot River weir conducting escapement sampling of adult sockeye salmon by capturing fish with a dip-net and measuring length, determining sex, and taking scale samples for age analysis recording biological data on appropriate forms and in notebooks and communicating daily
As lead technician, the incumbent is responsible for training one crew member (Fish and Wildlife Technician 2) in salmon speciation, proper fish sampling techniques and data collection, and conducts quality control on all data gathered for the project before submission to area managers.
Our organization, mission, and culture: The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, 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.
As a member of the Chilkoot Lake salmon stock assessment project, this position contributes to the department’s missions and goals by providing critical information to the Area Management Biologist for in-season management of the Lynn Canal (District 15) commercial drift gillnet fisheries. Additionally, this position provides information for estimating annual escapement and harvest of Chilkoot River sockeye salmon stocks, run reconstructions, and stock status assessment.
Benefits of joining our team: This position offers the chance to join a small dedicated and hard-working team of professionals working with multiple species of fish, wildlife, and the public, while spending the season living and working outdoors in one of Alaska’s State Parks surrounded by snow-capped mountains and the Ferebee glacier.
The working conditions you can expect: The Chilkoot River weir project is located one-half mile downstream from Chilkoot Lake and is connected to the road system approximately 16 km northeast of the city of Haines, Alaska. The daily work environment is dynamic and involves working outdoors on a fish weir, identifying, and enumerating all five species of Pacific salmon, collecting biological data (age, sex, and length data) from sockeye salmon, and providing support for bear monitoring and collaborating with State Park rangers to keep the bears and public safe.
We are looking for a candidate that possesses some or all of the following position- specific competencies (If you have any experience with the following, please document these in your application and supplemental questions):

Experience living and working independently in a field camp with frequent bear encounters, which includes experience with firearms and wildlife safety.
Ability to identify all five species of Pacific salmon
Experience capturing and handling live salmon to collect biological data (age, sex, and length).
Ability to effectively communicate daily with the public, including tourists, and State Park rangers (good interpersonal communication skills required).

Special Note:

A valid driver’s license is required.
Exposure to wild animals (particularly brown bears), mosquitos, and inclement weather is frequent.
This position requires carrying a shotgun. All department employees who carry a firearm are required to take the department’s basic firearm safety course and pass a proficiency test before going into the field. After successfully taking the course, an annual refresher course is required. If an employee does not want to take the course or carry a firearm in the field, they must use bear spray as a primary deterrent.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
High school graduation or the equivalent.ANDSix months experience at the developmental level of fish and wildlife technician or aide. With theState of Alaska, this experience is equivalent to Fish and Wildlife Technician 2.OROne 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.
Special Requirements: 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, vessels, or wall tents. Positions are seasonal or temporary.
Special Note: “High school diploma equivalent” means one of the following: 1) a GED (general educational development); 2) completion of any basic adult education course equivalent to 480 class hours(16 weeks at 30 course hours per week); 3) acceptance in full standing by an accredited college or university; or 4) highest grade of school completed plus an amount of paid or volunteer experience that totals 12 years.
Fields of study comparable to fisheries, wildlife or habitat protection include aquaculture, biology, ichthyology, microbiology, ornithology, and zoology.
ADDITIONAL REQUIRED INFORMATION:
A cover letter is NOT required for this position. Your complete application, including supplemental questions, will be used to determine which applicants will advance to the interview phase of the recruitment and selection process.
REQUIRED DOCUMENTSPlease provide at time of application submission:
Copies of all college transcripts (unofficial copies are acceptable), if being used to meet the minimum qualification
If selected, please provide the following at the time of the interview:
A list of three (3) professional references with current phone numbers.A copy of your two (2) most current performance evaluations, or two letters of recommendation if performance evaluations are not available.Copies of any current certifications relevant to this position such as first aid/CPR, firearms training, wildlife safety training etc.
EDUCATION If post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications, you must fill in theEducation section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATIONEducation completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable. If utilizing this education you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
WORK EXPERIENCEIf using work experience not already documented in your application, also provide the employer name, your job title, dates of employment, and whether full-or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.
MULTIPLE VACANCIES This recruitment may be used for more than one (1) vacancy. The applicant pool acquired during this recruitment may be used for future vacancies for up to ninety (90) days after this recruitment closes. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply to each recruitment notice to ensure consideration for all vacancies.
EEO STATEMENTThe State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities, who require accommodation, auxiliary aides or services, or alternative communication formats, please call 1-800-587-0430 or (907) 465-4095 in Juneau or TTY: AlaskaRelay 711 or 1-800-770-8973 or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at:P.O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.
FIREARMSThis position requires the use or possession of a firearm or ammunition. In accordance with the federal Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997 (PL 104-208), if you have been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, you may not hold this position.
A “misdemeanor crime of domestic violence” is an offense that is (1) a misdemeanor under Federal or state law; and (2) has, as an element, the use or attempted use of physical force, or the threatened use of a deadly weapon, committed by a current or former spouse, parent, or guardian of the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabiting with or has cohabited with the victim as a spouse, parent, or guardian, or by a person similarly situated to a spouse, parent, or guardian of the victim.
If you have ever been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, do NOT apply for this position.
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WORKPLACE ALASKA APPLICATION QUESTIONS & ASSISTANCEQuestions regarding application submission or system operation errors should be directed to theWorkplace Alaska hotline at 1-800-587-0430 (toll free) or (907) 465-4095 if you are located in the Juneau area.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For specific information in reference to the position please contact the hiring manager:
Nicole ZeiserPhone: 907-766-2830
Fax: 907-766-2189
Additional Contact: Shelby Flemming
Phone: 907-766-3124
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $19.40 per hour
Benefits:

Dental insurance
Flexible spending account
Health insurance
Life insurance
Paid time off
Retirement plan
Vision insurance

Schedule:

10 hour shift
Day shift
Holidays
Night shift
Overtime
Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

Haines, AK 99827: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Education:

High school or equivalent (Required)

Work Location: One location

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