HABITAT RESTORATION TECHNICIAN - SOUTH LAKE TAHOE

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Work schedule includes 40 hours/week. Work in excess of 40 hours/week and/or 10 hours/day may be required to complete project deadlines, including weekend shifts. Anticipated duration is 2-3 months, with the potential to extend contract based on funding and performance. Anticipated start date is mid-April, 2021, but is weather dependent.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

· Participate in an aquatic invasive plant control project in a marsh environment.

· Assist SCUBA divers while working on boats, from shore, and while wading.

· Install benthic barriers by hammering 2-foot-long rebar staples, carrying and placing gravel bags, and other ballast materials.

· Build and maintain fences.

· Use chainsaws, brush cutters, and hand tools to remove emergent woody vegetation.

· Drive ATVs, UTVs, 4x4 trucks, and trailers to move people and equipment throughout the project site.

Professional Requirements and Certifications

REQUIRED

· One full year of related work experience.

· Clean driving record and ability to pass a background security clearance

· Ability to proficiently drive vehicles in 4-wheel drive conditions

· Ability to perform heavy lifting (50+ pounds)

· Ability to perform strenuous physical activity, work in wet and cold conditions, and work extended hours. This is a physically demanding and mentally taxing project in the outdoors. Field work can, at times, be tedious.

· Ability to be both self-directed/work alone, and be a positive, contributing member of a group.

PREFERRED

• Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Wildlife, Natural Resources, Environmental Science, or similar discipline; OR coursework toward a degree in these fields
• Ability to proficiently operate a chainsaw or brush cutter, and/or chainsaw/brush cutter certification
• Motorized boating experience and/or boater’s safety course
• Trailer towing experience
• ATV operations or ATV certified
• Use of remote mapping software
• Small engine maintenance
• Familiarity with aquatic invasive plant control efforts in the Lake Tahoe Basin

 Job Types: Full-time, Contract, Temporary 

Work schedule includes 40 hours/week. Work in excess of 40 hours/week and/or 10 hours/day may be required to complete project deadlines, including weekend shifts. Anticipated start date April 12, 2020. Start date is weather dependent. Anticipated duration is 2-3 months, with the potential to extend work based on funding and performance. 

 Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

· Diving and topside support for various projects throughout South Lake Tahoe. Primary project involves installing tarps underwater with poor visibility.

· Organization, loading and unloading of equipment and supplies necessary for field work projects

· All responsibilities done in partnership with, and under the direction of, a Project Manager.

· Rate of pay of $22.50/hour

Professional Requirements and Certifications

REQUIRED

· Open Water Diver certification 

· DAN membership and DAN master insurance coverage. 

· Ability to perform heavy lifting (50+ pounds).

· Ability to perform strenuous physical activity, work in cold water conditions, and work extended hours. This is a physically demanding and mentally taxing project in the outdoors. Field work can, at times, be tedious.

· Ability to be both self-directed/work alone, and be a positive, contributing member of a group.

PREFERRED

• Advanced SCUBA certifications: Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver, Scientific Diver, Altitude Diver, Drysuit Diver, Divemaster
• CPR/First Aid, Emergency Medical Responder, or Wilderness First Responder certification
• Motorized boating experience and/or boater’s safety course
• Use of remote mapping software
• Boat, dive gear, and small engine maintenance
• Familiarity with aquatic invasive plant control efforts in the Lake Tahoe Basin

Job Types: Full-time, Temporary