Forestry Technician Lassen NF Eagle Lake

Position Description Summary:

Hat Creek RD in Fall River Mills CA Lassen NF

USFS California

The Great Basin Institute in cooperation with the USFS is recruiting Forestry Technicians to perform timber salepreparation vegetation management and restoration projects in the Sierra Nevada region. These projects all serve the Basin & Range Forestry programs greater mission of helping the USFS in their critical goal of improving forest resilience in the face of worsening climate conditions and increased wildfire threats. The work that you will do directly improves the quality of these forests helping ensure they continue to thrive for generations to come. Technicians will serve vegetation management and fuels reduction efforts supporting initiatives for healthy productive and resilient forest landscapes and resources. Project work may include post fire recovery efforts.

Essential Job Functions may include the following:

Forestry Technicians will perform a wide variety of activities to support all stages of project work. Forestry duties may include but are not limited to:

• Timber sale unit boundary delineation and layout (GPSing flagging painting);
• Tree species identification;
• Green and salvage timber marking and cruising;
• Timber and biomass plot cruising;
• Collection of stand examination data;
• General silviculture data collection; and
• Identification of various resource concerns including hydrology heritage wildlife and recreation.

All procedures will be performed in compliance with silvicultural prescriptions based on forest and treatment type and land management goals. Data will be gathered using standard instruments direct measurements general observations and onsite inspections. Projectspecific training will be provided on treespecies identification GPS data collection tree marking hydrology entomology/pathology heritage fire/fuels and other elements. Prior experience in basic GIS skills GPS data collection treespecies identification timber marking and cruising identifying hydrologic concerns recognizing forest entomology/pathology issues identifying heritage sites and experience with fire/fuels assessments or related field tasks is preferred.

LOCATION

Hat Creek RD in Fall River Mills CA

Lassen National Forest:

Project activities will take place in various locations in Lassen NF.

The Lassen National Forest lies at the heart of one of the most fascinating areas of California called the Crossroads. Here the granite of the Sierra Nevada the lava of the Cascades and the Modoc Plateau and the sagebrush of the Great Basin meet and blend. It is an area of great variety greeting visitors and residents alike with a wide array of recreational opportunities and adventures. Fishing hunting camping hiking bicycling boating snowmobiling crosscountry skiing and just exploring and learning about nature are among the many popular pastimes.

WORK SCHEDULE

This position will begin in midMay and end as late as midNovember. Season start and end dates are project and weather dependent and may change slightly.

Forestry Crew positions follow 10 hour days 4 days a week schedule.

Temporary Special Assignment employees are eligible to receive holiday pay if partner approved. TSAs working four 4 ten 10 hour days per workweek will be paid ten 10 hours for all holidays. Same with other approved/allowable workweek configurations; these can be accommodated accordingly with Banked Holiday(s).

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

Wage: $21/hour with overtime at 1.5x hourly rate. Full time average 40 hours per week

In addition to a competitive base salary this fulltimeonsite position includes companypaid comprehensive medical dental (with option to upgrade in coverage) and vision insurance as well as $25000 Life/AD&D policy. Voluntary shortterm and longterm disability policies are available and voluntary Life/AD&D policies for family members. Mental health support resources are employer provided competitive PTO accrual and paid holidays. This exciting role contributes to GBIs significant positive impacts within the fields of environmental research education and conservation.

TSA employees who serve a term under 52 weeks in duration and have a thirty 30 day or less break between terms and then sign a second term that (cumulatively) becomes greater than 52 weeks of employment will be eligible for the >1year TSA benefits (equivalent to Regular fulltime employees).

TO APPLY

Qualified applicants will be contacted to schedule an interview. For questions regarding this position please contact

Requirements/Qualifications

At least one of the following:

• Bachelors degree from an accredited university in forestry (preferred) natural resource management or related field with coursework and experience that demonstrate understanding of the principles of forestry;
• Six months of professional fieldwork experience.

Other:

• Capacity to collect and maintain field data in an organized manner that is easily understood and accessible to other resources staff;
• Ability to communicate effectively both written and orally with a diverse audience;
• Ability to navigate and collect data using handheld GPS units;
• Experience using a compass and topographic map to navigate;
• Possess a clean valid stateissued drivers license;
• Ability to live and work in rural and remote field and office setting;
• Physically fit to work outdoors carry up to 50 pounds of personal and/or field equipment and withstand the rigors of a forested and/or high desert environment in all seasons.

Preferred:

• Familiarity with cruising and marking techniques;
• Familiarity with and interest in resource management issues of western states and the ecology of the Sierra Nevada ecoregion;
• Familiarity with the mixed conifer forests typical of eastern California including common plants (woody and herbaceous) wildlife geology and topography;
• Ability to safely operate and maintain a 4WD vehicle on and off paved roads;
• Ability to understand implement and adhere to established data collection inventory assessment and monitoring protocols;
• Experience using ArcGIS to create maps is a plus.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to sit use hands stand walk bend and have specific vision abilities to include close and distance vision and ability to adjust focus working with computer business equipment and other job/industry specific equipment. The noise level in the work environment is usually low.

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be allinclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the organizations ongoing needs.

Disclaimer: Although the organization has attempted to accurately and thoroughly describe this position GBI reserves the right to change the same including to change add to or subtract from the duties outlined within the sole discretion