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Salary- $10 to $16/hr depending on experience. A food allowance of $15.00/day is provided when staying overnight in the field. Housing, Wi-Fi and utilities are provided at the station at no charge.
Job Description: The workweek is 40 hours, consisting of 4, 10-hr days. Overtime hours are treated as credit or comp time. Technicians work with Dr. Jon Bates, a research scientist with the Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS). Fieldwork is oriented to ecological studies with emphasis in plant succession, plant community structure and composition, and post-fire ecology. Responsibilities are to assist in the collection of field data (vegetation and soils descriptions). Fieldwork takes up about 80% of the position responsibilities. Work is in rugged and remote areas of southeastern Oregon where temperatures range from <32>100⁰ F. Office and lab work is mainly data entry and sample processing. By the end of the summer, technicians will be able to identify plants of the sagebrush steppe to functional group (and many to species level), and have solid experience conducting vegetation monitoring field techniques.
Research projects include:
(1) Restoration of aspen and shrub steppe communities.
(2) Fire ecology in juniper woodlands and sagebrush steppe.
(3) Influence of fire and grazing on vegetation succession on sagebrush steppe.
(4) Prescribed fire applications – September (tentative).
Requirements: We prefer that applicants be undergraduates in ecology, botany, soils, wildlife, animal science or other natural resource fields. Students should be familiar with Excel spreadsheets. Students must be capable of hiking over steep and rough terrain and on occasion camping 2 to 4 nights a week. Must be able to lift/pack up to 50 lbs. and able to squat/kneel for extended periods for sample collection. Applicants must be US citizen and have a valid driver’s license. This is a federal job so applicants must pass a background check & provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination.
This is a federal job so it takes a couple months for the hiring process; to be hired you will need:
- Fingerprints (we will provide you with the necessary form (SF-87) and posted return mail)
- OF-306 Form, Declaration for Federal Employment (will email this too you)
- Social Security Card,
- Photo I.D. (driver’s license),
- Transcripts (non-official is fine)