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Our Fish Hatchery Specialist 3, 

• Projects and monitors fish growth/feed requirements, administers and calculates medication levels prescribed to treat fish illness.
• Monitors egg and fish production – performs fish inventories, splits, grading, marking trailer inventories, weight samples and plants.
• Monitors fish behavior and health – calculates amount of therapeutic drug to be administered when prescribed.
• Leads crew members in feeding, cleaning, and transferring fish, determines the proper rearing densities for ponding and planting fish.
• Plans and coordinates rearing densities, intra- and inter- facility transfers of fish, and releases to meet short- and long- range program goals.
• Acts as a supervisor coordinating workers during complicated adult spawning and surplus activities.
• Calculates number of adults (Brood) needed using fecundity and mortality data to achieve egg take goals.
• Collects various types of biological and environmental samples such as fish tissue, fish scales, ovarian fluid, water, and feed for transport to laboratories – sample preparation includes dissection and aseptic technique.
• Ensures that working components of the fish hatchery are kept in good condition (i.e., pumps & motors, vehicles, alarms, generators, flashlights).
• Keeps supervisor and management well-informed on production issues that may lead to fish health concerns or program shortfalls.
• Oversees others at the facility in collecting, compiling, and reporting all pertinent data.

WORKING CONDITIONS: 

• Work Setting, including hazards:
  1. Work is performed indoors and outdoors in variable conditions – including adverse weather and performing strenuous physical activities.
• Schedule:
  1. Typically, Monday – Friday – 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
  2. Workload demands may require work outside the assigned work hours and adjustment of work schedules.
  3. This position may require standby which means the employee is responsible for overseeing the facility for the remaining 16 hours of the day. When on standby this position may require the employee to work ten days and be off 4.

Qualifications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

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Please Note: Four (4) years of experience performing a variety of fish culture duties in a hatchery will substitute for the Bachelor’s degree.

Certifications/Licenses: 

• A valid driver’s license.
• Some positions require a valid Washington State Pesticide Applicator’s License.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: