Senior Hatchery Technician

Job Details

As a Senior Hatchery Technician (Fish and Wildlife Technician Senior) at Willamette Fish Hatchery in Oakridge, Oregon, you will provide support to the Willamette hatchery programs by assisting the management staff with planning and scheduling work and training and directing other employees and volunteers, and performing all tasks required in the fish rearing operations at the facility. Duties include:

• Fish rearing

• Handling anadromous and resident/domestic and wild adult salmonid brood stock

• Assist with operation and maintenance to achieve fish production goals

• Water systems maintenance and operations

• Preventative and/or corrective maintenance using hand tools and power equipment

• Repair, construct and manufacture special tools, equipment and structures for fish culture use

• Complete daily and monthly records, form and reports

• Conduct hatchery tours

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

Option 1: Four years of fish culture (care of fish) experience (two years of fisheries, wildlife or related habitat work experience will count toward this experience).

-OR-

Option 2: An Associate degree in Fisheries Technology, Aquaculture or Aquarium Science and two years and six months of fish culture (care of fish) experience. (Twelve months of fisheries, wildlife or related habitat work experience will count toward this experience);

-OR-

Option 3: A Bachelor’s degree in Fisheries Science or a closely related Bachelor’s degree with at least 45 quarter (30 semester) hours of biological/ecological coursework and one year of fish culture (care of fish) experience (six months of fisheries, wildlife or related habitat work experience will count toward this experience);

Desired Attributes

• Fish rearing experience

• Salmonid experience

• Experience observing proper or adverse rearing conditions and fish health concerns

• Experience with water systems maintenance and operations

• Experience with operation and maintenance of vehicles, equipment, and hand and power tools to fabricate, maintain, or repair equipment and structures

• Experience working with the public, agency staff, or other agencies to convey or get information

• Experience analyzing project goals and determining work tasks

• Experience evaluating long term maintenance and repair needs and preparing relevant information

Contact Information

APPLICATION DETAILS AND INSTRUCTIONS

• The State of Oregon does not request or require your age, date of birth, attendance or graduation dates from an educational institution during the application process.

• This recruitment will be used to establish a list of qualified people to fill the current vacancy and may be used to fill other vacancies as they occur

• The salary listed is the non-PERS qualifying salary range. If the successful candidate is PERS qualifying, the salary range will reflect an additional 6.95%

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