{"id":45626,"date":"2022-03-30T15:10:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T22:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=45626"},"modified":"2022-03-30T15:11:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T22:11:03","slug":"job-temporary-field-botany-technician-california-botanic-garden-arcadia-or-sylmar-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/job-temporary-field-botany-technician-california-botanic-garden-arcadia-or-sylmar-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Temporary Field Botany Technician, California Botanic Garden (Arcadia or Sylmar, CA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><strong>For more information, please follow this link:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservationjobboard.com\/job-listing-temporary-field-botany-technician-invasive-plants-arcadia-or-sylmar-california\/408785506?utm_source=ongage&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=regular\">https:\/\/www.conservationjobboard.com\/job-listing-temporary-field-botany-technician-invasive-plants-arcadia-or-sylmar-california\/408785506?utm_source=ongage&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=regular<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Salary-<\/strong> $17\/hour<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duties and Responsibilities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Under cooperative agreements between CalBG, the Angeles National Forest and National Forest Foundation executes removal of invasive plant species such as <em>Arundo donax <\/em>(giant reed), <em>Ailanthus altissima<\/em> (tree of heaven),<em>Tamarix ramossisima<\/em> (salt cedar), <em>Spartium junceum<\/em> (Spanish broom) and others species ranging in size from seedlings to trees<\/li>\n<li>Herbicide application<\/li>\n<li>Use of hand and power tools such as trowels, shovels, picks, chainsaws, weed wrenches, and weed-whackers<\/li>\n<li>Drive and navigate to field sites on 4WD roads<\/li>\n<li>Rugged travel on foot on- and off-trail to field sites<\/li>\n<li>Record-keeping and other duties as assigned<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Qualifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A working knowledge of basic taxonomic principles and characteristics of major plant families and California flora desired<\/li>\n<li>Ability to perform difficult physical labor for the majority of the 10-hour workday<\/li>\n<li>Familiarity with the use of GPS equipment and ability to read and navigate with topographic maps<\/li>\n<li>Ability to properly use hazardous equipment; ability to operate 4WD vehicle and\/or power tools such as chainsaw desired<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrated commitment to conservation<\/li>\n<li>Valid driver\u2019s license<\/li>\n<li>Per CalBG\u2019s Mandatory Workforce COVID-19 Vaccination Policy, all new workforce members shall be required to provide proof of their vaccination status prior to the start of their employment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9433,"featured_media":34097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[4,28,33,141,13],"class_list":["post-45626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jobs","tag-alumni","tag-job","tag-jobs","tag-recent-grad","tag-recent-grads"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45626"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9433"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45626"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45628,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45626\/revisions\/45628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}