• Observes, identifies, and counts live and dead salmon/steelhead.  
• Conducts surveys by foot, raft and/or pontoon boat during all weather conditions and over difficult terrain. 
• Identifies, enumerates, and accounts Redds.
• Collects biological data (scales, sex, lengths, mark status, CWTs, otoliths, and DNA) on dead fish in-stream.  
• Samples Coho and Chinook salmon with electronic coded-wire tags (CWT) detection devices.
• Classifies, sorts, and enumerates marked tagged, marked untagged, unmarked tagged and unmarked untagged salmon. 
• Enumerates and monitors wild Coastal Cutthroat Trout redds including live and dead counts within index reaches of South Puget Sound.
• Summarizes data for media use and fishery updates.
• Maintains and repairs gear, equipment, and vehicle.

WORKING CONDITIONS: 

• Work Setting, including hazards: 
  1. Work is primarily field work alone or with other technicians and biologists in a wide variety of terrain, stream, and all-weather conditions. 
  2. Field work can be strenuous while walking in or along streams with slick boulders, crawling over logjams, wading across riffles with moderate to fast current, maneuvering watercraft, and maneuvering equipment upwards to or greater than 40 pounds.
• Schedule: 
  1. 40 hours per week – workdays and hours are determined by weather, stream flows, visibility, and degree of spawning activity. 
  2. A flexible hourly and daily work schedule is needed to perform the assigned tasks. 
  3. Weekends and holidays are included as potential workdays.
• Travel Requirements: 
  1. Driving state-owned vehicle to and from surveyed stream reaches on both highway and off-road conditions.
• Tools and Equipment: 
  1. Truck, raft, pontoon boat, GPS, maps, radio, electronic sampling equipment, weighing scale, cell phone, calculator, computer, waders, rubber boots, raingear, equipment holsters, personal floatation devises (PFD), agency identifying clothing, knives, machetes, hand saws and loppers.
• Customer Interactions: 
  1. Communication with landowners, sport fishers, and the general public. 

Qualifications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

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Please Note: College course work involving major study in biology, zoology, fisheries, chemistry, natural sciences, or closely allied field will substitute year for year for experience, provided the course work includes at least six semester or nine quarter hours of natural science classes.

Certifications/Licenses:

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience in:

• Identifying, interpreting, and monitoring salmonid and lamprey spawning activity by species.
• Identifying, enumerating, and accounting of Redds.
• Identifying fish (live and dead salmonids, trout, and lamprey).
• In-stream sampling and stream survey experience. 
• Communicating with the public in a professional manner.
• Accurately, concisely, and clearly recording information.

Supplemental Information

Please note: Failure to follow the instructions below may lead to disqualification. 

In order to successfully apply for this position, you MUST complete your profile and attach the following to your profile before completing the online application:

• Three Professional References

IMPORTANT NOTES:  

On Monday August 9, 2021, Governor Inslee enacted Proclamation 21-14 which requires that all employees of all state agencies not headed by an elected official be fully vaccinated with a recommended COVID-19 vaccine by October 18, 2021 as a condition of employment. Fully vaccinated includes the two-week waiting period after the last shot in each series, or single shot, is given. If hired for this or any position at WDFW, you will be required to provide verification of COVID vaccination. A list of acceptable documents to provide verification can be reviewed here. Vaccination acceptable documents link

All new employees must complete an Employment Eligibility Verification Form (I-9 Form) on their first day of work. If hired for this or any position at WDFW, you will be required to provide documentation proving you are eligible to work in the United States. For a list of acceptable documents, please use the following link:  https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents

The Department of Fish and Wildlife’s priority during the Covid-19 health crisis is to keep our staff, candidates, and the public safe.  We are hiring and encourage you to apply to open positions. We have transitioned to a virtual recruitment process, to include web-based interviews.