Fish Technician II

Yakima Klickitat Fisheries Project

Department of Natural Resources

Hourly Wage: $15.43/Temporary/Full-Time

Location: Goldendale

Responsible for a variety of semi-technical and semi-skilled tasks relating to fisheries management, duties include; harvest monitoring, stream surveys, making fish, fish tagging and enumeration, environmental monitoring and recording field data.

Examples of Work Performed:

• Operate and maintain backpack battery operated electro shocker and associated equipment.
• Tag and mark fish using coded-wire tagging machine or freeze branding. Clean and maintain equipment under supervision.
• Under supervision will operate juvenile or adult fish traps and record data such as length weight, sex, etc.
• Ensures that fish are handled in accordance with established guidelines and released unharmed.
• Collect routine water samples and record data such as D.O., temperatures, Ph, etc.
• As a member of the harvest monitoring team will collect, catch and harvest data through on-site monitoring or fishermen interviews recording data such as fishing effort, catch, species, weight, sex, etc.
• As a member of the spawning ground survey team, conducts spawning ground survey by foot or boat recording data such as species, length, sex, etc.
• Transport and release juvenile trout or salmon ensuring fish are properly maintained during transit.
• Perform other job related duties as assigned.
  

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of standard fisheries principles and procedures.
• Knowledge and skill in the operation of equipment and tools used in fisheries work.
• Ability to take some leadership responsibility.
• Ability to express ideas effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to deal tactfully with the public.
• Ability to work outside under all types of conditions and to perform physical labor.
  

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent and one year of experience as Fish Technician I and demonstration of the ability to perform the work.
• Required to pass a pre-employment drug test.
• Required to pass a pre-employment background check.
• Must possess or have the ability to obtain a valid WA State Driver's license with the ability to obtain a Yakama Nation Tribal Driving permit.
• Yakama enrolled preference, but all qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.