Job Details

ID #45609843
Estado Arizona
Ciudad Flagstaff / sedona
Tipo de trabajo Permanent
Salario USD TBD TBD
Fuente RTL Networks, Inc
Showed 2022-09-11
Fecha 2022-09-10
Fecha tope 2022-11-08
Categoría Etcétera
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Forest Technician

Arizona, Flagstaff / sedona, 86001 Flagstaff / sedona USA

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Job title: Forest Technician

Location: Flagstaff, AZ

Status: Part-Time

About Us: RTL Networks, Inc. is a rapidly growing company primarily focused on providing information technology (IT) support services and personnel to a variety of commercial and government customers for long term contracts. By providing a wide array of professional services and products, we help our customers leverage technology and operate with total confidence in the predictability, security, and reliability of their technology resources to meet business objectives.

Job Purpose or Summary: Serves as a technician to Entomologists with the Forest and Woodlands Ecosystems Program (Rocky Mountain Research Station) and the Arizona of Forest Health Protection.

Major duties:

  • Works independently to collect, identify and count captures if Ips confuses in emergence cages and passive traps. Incumbent will travel to the field site once per week and collect contents of cages and traps.
  • Ips beetles will be sorted from other insects and counted per sample date per trap/cage. These collections will be stored in vials and kept at the Flagstaff office of FHP. Data will be entered on a spreadsheet each week.
  • Monitor uninfested pi ons at the field site for evidence of new infestation
  • Under the guidance of FHP entomologists, cage newly infested pi ons.

Physical Demands:

  • Expected to work one day per week unless otherwise notified. Actively participates in the safety program, assisting in identifying and mitigating hazards.
  • Travels to the field site to collect cage/trap contents once per week or as otherwise directed. Contents will be sorted and counted then place in labeled vials for archiving. Vials will be stored at the local FHP office. Data entry into a spreadsheet will be done weekly.
  • Notify the Forest Service of any problems encountered and work to resolve such.
  • Including travel time, these duties are expected to require about 4-5 hours per week for the AZ site. Traps and cages need to be checked from early March through late November.

Work Environment:

Field sites are in remote locations and may be some distance from road or trail access. Woodland environments may be steep or uneven terrain, with rocky or brush covered soils. Temperature extremes may range from below freezing to above 100 ? F.

Duties involve rigorous field work requiring above average physical performance, endurance, and conditioning. Wok requires prolonged standing, walking over uneven ground, recurring bending, climbing, lifting, and carrying items over 50 pounds, and similar strenuous activities. Work is physically demanding, requiring the ability to perform effectively in steep, debris and brush-covered terrain under adverse ground and weather conditions for long periods of time.

Skills required:

  • Skill in following oral and written instructions to carry out assigned duties in an orderly and timely manner.
  • Identifying pi on pine host trees, evidence of bark beetle infestations and pi on ips beetles.
  • Careful note taking and date entry
  • Safe driving
  • Backcountry navigation including use of GPS.

Applicant selected for this position must be able to obtain and/or maintain a security clearance or access.

U.S. Citizenship required.

Chosen applicants will be required to pass pre-employment drug screening and a criminal background check.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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