The PNW Research Station may hire up to 19 temporary positions as field data collection Crew Members with the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program for the 2024 field season. Positions may be located in Washington, Oregon or California and will be filled based on changes in current workforce. Average wage is $16-$21/hour and dependent on location and grade.
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2023 Satellite Duty Locations:
Chico CA Bend OR Cle Elum WA
Fresno CA Eugene OR Olympia WA
Mount Shasta CA Grants Pass OR Sedro-Woolley WA
Nevada City CA La Grande OR
Redding CA Portland OR
San Bernardino CA
PLEASE NOTE: The purpose of this Outreach Notice is to determine the potential applicant pool for this position. The vacancy announcement for this position, when open, will be posted at the USA Jobs website, the U.S. Government’s official site for jobs and employment information: http://www.usajobs.opm.gov
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About the positions:
These are temporary positions (not to exceed 1039 hours), and the duration of work is expected to be ~6 months in length. Targeted start date is flexible from April 7th, 2024 – June 2, 2024, and the positions are likely to run through the end of October.
The positions are with the Data Collection Team of the PNW Research Station’s Resource Monitoring and Assessment (RMA) Program, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) unit. The FIA unit is part of a nationwide program which collects, processes, analyzes, evaluates, and publishes comprehensive information on forest and other related renewable resources. Administration for this Data Collection team is located in Portland, Oregon and field crews are remotely stationed throughout Washington, Oregon and California.
These positions will support work sampling field plots located on a systematic grid across all landownerships and will be almost entirely field based. A wide variety of information is collected in the inventory including tree measurements; forest pathogens, understory vegetation composition and structure, stand treatments and disturbances, down woody material measurements, and land ownership.