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Forest Technician Jobs
Company | Student Conservation Association |
Address | , Round Oak, 31038 |
Employment type | |
Salary | $300 a week |
Expires | 2023-09-16 |
Posted at | 8 months ago |
The Forestry Tech's major duties will include:
- Exotic plant control. This includes herbicide application. NOTE – the intern will not use restricted use herbicides,
- Dendrology and/or botany is helpful.
- Red-cockaded woodpecker monitoring – verify RCW breeding season productivity using peeper camera and
- Pound pack three miles in 45 minutes or less. Crew will participate in weekly physical fitness training to maintain
- Public use area maintenance.
- For sawyers) or assist FWS sawyer by swamping down trees, operate ATV/UTV (USFWS training required prior to
- Fitness level throughout burn season.
- Firefighter type 2 certification is required. This certification requires passing the arduous pack test, i.e. carrying a 45
- Other duties include timber marking, quail, butterfly and other wildlife monitoring, boundary line, and trail and other
- Prescribed fire preparation – construct firelines with hand tools, fall trees that threaten the fireline (S212 required
- And they will work under a refuge employee’s certified applicator’s license.
- Operation).
- Climbing ladders. Assist with chick banding.
- Assist with hunter check stations and collection of biological information during managed deer hunts.
- Ignition may be either interior or exterior. Holding will be by foot, ATV/UTV, or engine. NOTE – ability to earn
- Forest inventory – measure trees, fuels and ground cover on permanent monitoring plots. Background in
- Prescribed fire implementation – serve as Firefighter Type 2 with FWS fire crew to ignite and hold prescribed fires.
Benefits:
- $300 / week living allowance
- $1,100 one-time travel allowance (personal vehicle is required).
- Eligible for an AmeriCorps education award upon successful completion of the position.
- Shared housing provided on site
- Training may include: Wildland Firefighter (S-190, Intro to Wildland, S-130, Firefighter Training, ICS 100, Intro to the Incident Command System); S-212, Wildland Fire Chainsaws; CPR/First Aid; USFWS ATV/UTV operation; defensive driving; other on-the-job training.
Position ID: PO-00735562
Expected Dates: January 8, 2024 - August 18, 2024
Location:
718 Juliette Road
Round Oak, GA 31038
US
Training Provided: Wildland Firefighter (S-190, Intro to Wildland, S-130, Firefighter Training, ICS 100, Intro to the Incident Command System); S-212, Wildland Fire Chainsaws (possible, not definite); CPR/First Aid; USFWS ATV/UTV operation; defensive driving.
Educational/Recreational Opportunities: Possible involvement in environmental education and outreach. There are many opportunities to explore historical, cultural, and other natural resource sites within a 60 mile radius of the refuge.
Handicap Accessible?: No
Main Area of Focus: Natural Resources Mgmt
Further Details
AmeriCorps Eligible: Eligible
Driving Logistics: Required
It's not for work; instead, it's because the closest town - and the grocery store - is 20 miles each way.
Housing or Stipend Provided?
A. Partner will provide suitable housing for the member
Housing is a three bedroom house with full kitchen located on refuge. It is located within the refuge maintenance
complex which includes other gov't housing for staff and volunteers.
Indoor/Outdoor: Outside
US Citizenship: Yes
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