AQUATIC BIOLOGIST - 07282026-79552

Qualifications

Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in wildlife or fisheries management, wildlife biology, or other related acceptable field and experience equivalent to two years of full-time professional wildlife resources work; additional graduate coursework in wildlife management or other related acceptable field may be substituted for the required experience, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of one year.

Necessary Special Qualifications: Applicants for this class must: Possess a valid motor vehicle operator license may be required.

Responsibilities

• Aids other Wildlife Managers with wildlife population studies.
• Provides technical support to forestry research programs in areas such as tree improvement, seed orchard operations, insect and disease surveys, or experimental forestry and forest engineering research.
• Prepares and monitors budget; orders supplies and equipment; sells permits and licenses.
• Supervises, monitors and protects fry where they continue to grow to supply adult stocking programs; oversees the feeding of the fish in ponds.
• Led in the collection of fish by using electro-fishing (shocking) methods.
• Constructs and maintains buildings, storage sheds, roads, bridges, and trails at the assigned agency area.
• Performs/Oversees lands management activities which include forest thinning and harvesting, prescribed fire, application of herbicides to control vegetation growth and invasive species, disking, and mowing.
• Locates and traps animals such as turkeys and bears for relocation to other areas of the state.
• Performs reforestation, or forest renewal, including nursery and silviculture operations, site preparation, seeding and tree planting programs, cone collection, and tree improvement.
• Leads and conducts forest protection activities, including fire control, fire crew training, fire detection and public education.
• Performs environmental reviews of construction, road, bridge, utility line projects with regard to listed species and impacts to populations and habitats.

Competencies (KSA's)

• Cultivates Innovation
• Communicates Effectively
• Drives Results
• Being Resilient

Knowledge

• Biology

Skills

• Building and Construction
• Clerical Administration and Management
• Manual dexterity
• Near Vision
• Trunk Strength
• Multilimb Coordination

Abilities

• Oral Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Sedentary
• Deductive Reasoning
• Written Comprehension

Tools & Equipment

• Boats
• Motor Vehicles
• Tractors & Farm Implements
• Firearms-Rifles
• ATVs

Qualifications

Please include your Driver's License Information under the Licenses and Certifications section of your application. Agencies may allow an exception based on other factors.