Fish and Wildlife Tech 3 (114154)

Full Job Description

This position is open to all Applicants.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish is recruiting

for a Fish and Wildlife Technician 3 located in Homer, Alaska!

What You Will Be Doing:

This five-month position in Homer blends office and field work, with approximately three days in the office and two days in the field each week.

In the office, you’ll be the public face of the Division of Sport Fish, helping with sport fishing questions and regulations, licenses, charter logbooks, and fishing gear checkouts.

In addition to public service, you’ll assist with invoice tracking, in-season fishery reporting, reviewing video weir files, entering salmon escapement data, and directing questions to other staff when needed.

In the field, you will focus on the Anchor River Chinook salmon marine survival project, assisting with capturing Chinook salmon smolt by beach seine and rotary screw trap, identifying juvenile salmon species, and PIT tagging Chinook salmon smolt.

Additional opportunities to get hands on experience supporting other field projects can be expected, including razor clam abundance and hand-dig surveys, port sampling, salmon escapement monitoring, stocking salmon smolt, and Chinook broodstock collection.

Our Mission, Values and Culture:

The mission of the Division of Sport Fish is to protect, maintain, and improve Alaska's sport fisheries.

The incumbent in this position will directly support that mission by providing sport fishing information to the public and by helping process in-season data to support the management of local fisheries.

The Alaska Department of Fish & Game values a diverse and inclusive workforce where safety and wellbeing are paramount, and employees at all levels foster a culture in which everyone is valued, treated equitably, and treated respectfully.

By assisting with the Chinook salmon marine survival project, this position helps expand understanding of salmon stocks across all life stages, supporting informed management decisions and the sustainable stewardship of Alaska’s fisheries.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

The Homer Sport Fish management group is a large cohesive group with 4 biologists, and 14 fisheries technicians to monitor and manage a large diversity of fisheries and stocks in Lower Cook Inlet Management Area.

This presents a unique opportunity to learn sport fisheries management and also be exposed to the wildlife and commercial fisheries aspects of Fish and Game, while gaining additional field experience.

This position would serve as excellent background for someone looking to diversify their skillset to further their career as a fisheries biologist or technician, or for someone looking for reliable office-based work in Homer.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

This position will be stationed at the Homer office, with travel to the Anchor River field site 2 days a week.

You’ll work with a small team of 2-3 at the front counter on the office-based days, and with another team of 2-8 on the field days.

Additional occasional opportunities to assist with other projects throughout the management area will include travel to the beaches of Cook Inlet, the Homer Harbor, Deep Creek, and Ninilchik River, and the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon on the Homer Spit.

Who We Are Looking For:

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

• Interact with the public and department staff daily, providing sport fishing information and responding to inquiries professionally and thoroughly.
• Manage multiple responsibilities, including front desk support, answering phones, assisting customers, and processing fisheries data.
• Use computers daily to process video weir files, manage data, and assist with office-based projects efficiently.
• Assist with field projects, supporting accurate data collection, species identification, and prioritizing safety.
• Balance shifting work schedules and duties between office-based and field-based responsibilities, adapting to changing priorities and needs.

To view the general description and example of duties for a Fish and Wildlife Technician 3 please go to the

following link: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs

Special Note:
A valid driver's license is required.

This position may be in possession of, or have access to, firearms/ammunition.

Requirements

High school graduation or the equivalent.
AND
Six months experience at the developmental level of fish and wildlife technician or aide. With the State of Alaska, this experience is equivalent to Fish and Wildlife Technician 2.
OR
One 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.

Qualifications

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

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.

FIREARMS

This 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.

EDUCATION

To verify education is being used to meet and/or support the required minimum qualifications/competences, you must fill in the Education section of the application.

If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed.

Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials used to meet or support the minimum qualifications/competencies for a position and are required.

(Unofficial is okay; please ensure the institution/URL name is listed on the transcripts).

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.

WORK EXPERIENCE

If using work experience not already documented in your application, also provide the employer’s 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.

NOTE: Attaching a resume or curriculum vitae is not an alternative to filling out the application in its entirety.

Noting "see resume or CV" or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.

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 STATEMENT

The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Individuals with disabilities, who require accommodation, auxiliary aids or services, or alternative communication formats, please call 1-800-587-0430 or (907) 465-4095 in Juneau or TTY: Alaska Relay 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.

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Additional Information

For specific information in reference to the position please contact the hiring manager:

Mike Booz

Area Manager Lower Cook Inlet, Fisheries Biologist 3

907-235-1739

michael.booz@alaska.gov