CPW Hatchery Technician III—Chalk Cliffs Hatchery - Onsite

Full Job Description

We invite you to explore our website at https://dnr.colorado.gov/about-us to find out more about the work we do to manage Colorado’s natural resources for today – and tomorrow.

The State of Colorado believes that equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our success, and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply.

In addition to offering rewarding, meaningful work, we offer:

• Medical and Dental plans
• Strong, flexible retirement plans including PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus pre-tax and Roth 401K and 457 plans
• Paid life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Employee Wellness programs
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Accounts
• 11 paid holidays per year plus generous vacation and sick leave
• Flexible work schedule options and remote-work options
• Career advancement opportunities throughout the State system
• Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

Requirements

This position exists to perform various functions related to sustaining a proper biological environment to produce and distribute aquatic wildlife. The position makes precise biological and environmental assessments, and ascertains and sustains proper water quality.

Fish Culture
Produce 550,000-600,000 10” trout by anticipating and manipulating the rearing environment to include: nutrition and feeding, sorting and moving fish, picking eggs, counting, weighing, reading, spawning, hatching eggs, cleaning rearing areas, and record keeping.

Fish Distribution
Annually distributes 550,000-600,000 live trout statewide by loading fish on to truck mounted transport tanks, maintaining an acceptable environment for fish health while in transit, assessing receiving water to ensure that it is suitable habitat for fish, and stock fish. Transport involves safely driving trucks that require class B CDL drivers license, and complying with state and federal motor-carrier safety requirements and regulations.

Maintain Fish Health
Maintain fish health by recognizing signs and symptoms of stressed and diseased fish. Analyze health problems through observation and use of microscope for pathogen identification, or through consultation with fish health personnel. Treat fish disease outbreaks with various drugs and chemicals, requiring knowledge of drug and chemical applicability, water flow measurement, drug and chemical application formulas and calculations, safe chemical use, and chemical application techniques. Keep supervisors and coworkers informed of fish health issues.

Equipment Operation
Operates various vehicles and equipment in a safe and efficient manner, including but not limited to: snowplows, dump trucks, forklifts, hydraulic cranes, tractor and backhoe, pumps, feed blower, feed auger, welders, power tools, and generators.

Facility and Grounds Maintenance
Ensure buildings and infrastructure are in good working order. Make repairs and modifications as needed, and at times build or fabricate new equipment. Operate various equipment for ground maintenance on hatchery grounds and for maintenance and repairs.

Equipment and Vehicle Maintenance
Ensure that equipment and vehicles are in safe and proper working condition by inspecting, lubricating, cleaning, servicing and completing scheduled maintenance. Keep supervisors and coworkers informed of maintenance needs and safety issues.

Public Relations
Promotes and explains the policies, goals, and activities of CO Parks and Wildlife to the public through interactions with visitors to the hatchery or members of the public when conducting work away from the hatchery. Presents a courteous and professional bearing in all interactions with the public.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
Three years of work experience in aquaculture, propagating and/or rearing fish, fish culture, collecting and recording of aquatic wildlife data, and/or professional aquatic research or an occupational field related to the work assigned to the position.

Substitutions

• Appropriate education in Natural Resources, Wildlife Management, Biology, Aquatic Biology/Fishery Science/Aquaculture/Fishery Management, Ecology, Zoology/Animal Sciences, Water resources planning or management may substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis for the experience requirement.

Class Code: Technician

Required Competencies:

• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Current or former State experience relevant to this position
• Current or former Colorado Parks & Wildlife work or volunteer experience

Conditions of Employment

• State of Colorado residency is required at the time of application.
• Must possess and maintain a valid state of Colorado Driver’s License.
• Pre-employment Physical: Fish Culturist Functional Capacities Test.
• Will be required to work with oils, solvents, fuels, other chemicals, herbicides, and chemicals used to treat fish diseases.
• Will occasionally be required to travel overnight to varied locations around the state for training or work assignments.
• Exempt from overtime; on-call status may be required.
• Required to work holidays and weekends as part of a rotating work schedule.
• CDL Class B, tanker and air brake endorsements. Will regularly drive fish trucks to various locations around the state in all types of weather for fish stocking.
• Hazing of predatory birds/animals will require the use of discharging cracker/pyrotechnics as a deterrent.
• Must pass required pre-employment physical, pre-employment drug testing and background check.

Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on the application and provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify their application from the current position.

(Please Note: Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with DNR).

Pursuant to the DNR-120 Fleet and Driving Standards Administrative Directive, any worker who will be expected to drive a State-owned vehicle is responsible for maintaining a safe driving record and a valid driver license prior to driving any State-owned vehicle.

To be compliant with the new fleet vehicle policy, Motor Vehicle Records (MVRs) will be pulled for review for workers who: Have an assigned State fleet vehicle

• Are required to operate a vehicle as part of the position

• Utilize a State fleet vehicle as a pool vehicle

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Additional Information

• All applications received by the closing of this announcement will be reviewed by an HR Specialist against the Minimum Qualifications in this announcement.

• Colorado Revised Statutes require that state employees are hired and promoted based on merit and fitness through a comparative analysis process. Part of, or all of, the comparative analysis for this position will be a structured application review by Subject Matter Experts.

• Resumes, cover letters and other attachments are not considered as part of initial reviews, therefore, it is important to document in your application your education, experience, minimum qualifications, and preferred qualifications as outlined in the job announcement.

• Please thoroughly answer all supplemental questions (if listed) since question responses may be evaluated for content, writing ability, spelling, grammar, and effective communication.

• This recruitment may involve additional testing and/or exams to arrive at the top group for interviews.

• This recruitment may be used to fill more than one vacancy at this level and reporting location.

The State of Colorado strives to create a Colorado for All by building and maintaining workplaces that value and respect all Coloradans through a commitment to equal opportunity and hiring based on merit and fitness. The State is resolute in non-discriminatory practices in everything we do, including hiring, employment, and advancement opportunities. We are committed to increasing a “Colorado for ALL" of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of all backgrounds and abilities. The State of Colorado believes that a “Colorado for ALL” drives our success, and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. Therefore, in all aspects of the employment process, we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, or military status (with preference given to military veterans), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator at dnr_hr_employeebenefits@state.co.us.

The State of Colorado strives to create a Colorado for All by building and maintaining workplaces that value and respect all Coloradans through a commitment to equal opportunity and hiring based on merit and fitness. The State is resolute in non-discriminatory practices in everything we do, including hiring, employment, and advancement opportunities.

ADAAA Accommodations
Any person with a disability as defined by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) may be provided a reasonable accommodation upon request to enable the person to complete an employment assessment. To request accommodation, please contact our Benefits Specialist at dnr_hr_employeebenefits@state.co.us at least five business days before the date that any accommodation will be required to allow us to evaluate your request and prepare for the accommodation. You may be asked to provide additional information, including medical documentation, regarding functional limitations and type of accommodation needed. Please ensure that you have this information available well in advance of the assessment date.