Wildlife technician job description

Minimum Qualifications Provisional qualifications-

Open Competitive: three years of experience in fisheries, wildlife, or marine resources management; fish or wildlife propagation; a living marine resources program; or a fish, wildlife, or marine research program.

Substitution: one year of college coursework including at least 12 semester credit hours in fisheries, marine resources, wildlife management, or a related field, may substitute for one year of the experience described.

Promotion: one year of permanent competitive service of Fish and Wildlife Technician 1, Grade 8

Reassignment - Currently in the title and an employee of DEC

or

Reinstatement Eligible - Previously held the title on a permanent competitive basis or held a title as indicated under the transfer eligible section on a permanent competitive basis.

or

Transfer Eligible - One year of permanent competitive service at Salary Grade 11 or higher and:

Eligible for transfer under Section 70.4: Must meet the open competitive minimum qualifications below:

Eligible for transfer under Section 70.1: Permanent Competitive service as a Fish Culturist 1.

* 55-b/55-c Candidates must meet the open competitive minimum qualifications below and include with their resume or application, a copy of the letter from Civil Service which indicates approval for the 55-b/55-c program.

Open competitive minimum qualifications (provided for 55b/c candidates and 70.4 transfer eligibles):

Three years of experience in fisheries, wildlife, or marine resources management; fish or wildlife propagation; a living marine resources program; or a fish, wildlife, or marine research program.

Substitution: one year of college coursework including at least 12 semester credit hours in fisheries, marine resources, wildlife management, or a related field, may substitute for one year of the experience described.

Important: If you qualify under an option requiring the possession of semester credit hours, you must submit a list of qualifying courses or photocopy of your transcript(s) with your application. Include the course title, number of semester credit hours for each course, the name of the college or university and the date (or expected date) of completion. Applications submitted without a list of relevant courses will not be considered. If you qualify under an option requiring specialized work experience, you must include on your application a clear and detailed description of your qualifying technical experience. Vagueness or omissions will not be interpreted in your favor.

If there is a viable promotion examination eligible list (three acceptors) for this position, candidates who qualify based on 70.4 transfer or under the 55-b/55-c options cannot be considered.

If you are on an examination eligible list for the position title, you do not need to respond to this posting UNLESS you are also eligible for appointment by transfer, reinstatement or reassignment as defined above; or the appointment type is provisional or temporary. The eligible list(s) will be canvassed as appropriate. Always respond to an eligible list canvass.

Duties Description The primary function of this position is to collect and process fisheries data from diadromous fish in the Hudson and Delaware Rivers. Job duties will take place in both field and office settings.

Field duties include but are not limited to: towing of boats via trucks to and from boat launches, piloting boats during sampling events, deployment and retrieval of various fish sampling gears including large haul seines (300' and 500'), beach seines (100' and 200'), various sizes of gill nets, electrofishing equipment, and crab pots as well as other small trap nets (fyke nets, small trawls, etc.), and collection of environmental data such as water quality and turbidity. Selected candidate will operate all fisheries sampling gear, identify and enumerate samples, collect biological data and other relevant environmental data as well as participate in the collection of data from commercial fishers. Early morning and late-night sampling will be required. Assists with public correspondence and outreach events.

Office duties include but are not limited to: data entry into access databases, quality assurance and quality control, data summarization, aging of fish scales, otoliths and other hard parts, processing and dissection of specimens, maintenance of all sampling gear, boats, trucks and trailers.

In both field and office settings, the selected candidate may supervise seasonal technicians and coordinate with other DEC bureaus to accomplish Unit objectives.

Additional Comments Must have a valid driver's license or demonstrate the ability to meet the transportation needs of the position. Must be able to negotiate difficult terrain Must be able to work in remote areas. Must be able to work in adverse weather conditions. Must be able to lift and move objects up to 50 pounds.

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Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the work being performed by employees assigned to this classification; they are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position.

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