175790
WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES TECHNICIAN C
TS306 $33,342 - $59,987
Creation Date: 01/23/2023
Change Date: 01/01/2025
FUNCTION OF WORK:Participates, oversees, and/or serves as the technical specialist in the development, research, and management activities on a Wildlife Management Area (WMA), Refuge, Fish Hatchery, Research Station, or a body of water.
LEVEL OF WORK:SUPERVISION RECEIVED:General from a higher-level Wildlife and Fisheries Technician, Biologist, or higher-level Wildlife and Fisheries official.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED:May supervise lower-level Wildlife and Fisheries Technicians and other lower-level staff on a project basis.
LOCATION OF WORK:Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
JOB DISTINCTIONS:Differs from Wildlife and Fisheries Technician B by the presence of leadworker duties and/or specialized, technical duties of a complex nature.
Differs from a Wildlife and Fisheries Technician Supervisor by the absence of the direct supervision of lower-level Wildlife and Fisheries Technicians and other lower-level staff.
CORE COMPETENCIES: CORE COMPETENCIES HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED BY STATE CIVIL SERVICE FOR THIS JOB TITLE.
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EXAMPLES OF WORK:EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.
Oversees and reviews the work of lower-level technicians and determines job assignments on a project basis.
Collects, prepares, and interprets biological research data for various fish, wildlife, and plant species programs.
Trains Wildlife and Fisheries Technicians and various trades personnel, including use, maintenance, and calibration of scientific and technical equipment.
Provides data and makes recommendations to Biologists for establishing management programs, setting harvest season dates, and species size limits.
May oversee and participate in necessary maintenance activities on Department properties, facilities, or body of water, including all buildings, grounds, roads, levees, equipment, trapping camps, water control structures, hatchery ponds, lab facilities, etc.
Oversees and participates in the wildlife and fisheries habitat management or research and improvement activities on Department properties, facilities, bodies of water, or on private lands.
Oversees and participates in collection of fish and wildlife species for various life history research projects (age, growth, reproduction, population dynamics, etc.) utilizing a variety of capture methods (traps, toxicants, electro fishing, webbing, shooting, cannon netting, baiting, etc.)
Conducts various educational and public relation activities by conducting field trips and providing information on various fish and wildlife topics, regulations, activities and programs.
Conducts monitoring projects for various environmental parameters (water quality, level, temperature and salinity, air temperature, rainfall, wind speed, and direction, etc.)
Makes recommendations concerning purchases of equipment, major repairs, and development projects on Department properties, facilities, or water bodies.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Two years of experience in wildlife or fisheries management, research or conservation; forestry; land management; agriculture; commercial fishery; environmental science; or operation of heavy mobile equipment; OR
Sixty semester hours with twelve hours in a biological, marine or environmental science, wildlife or fisheries management or research, agriculture, commercial fishery or forestry; OR
A bachelor’s degree in a biological, marine or environmental science, wildlife or fisheries management or research, agriculture, commercial fishery or forestry.