Access Technician

State of Montana

23h•Onsite

About The Position

This is a field position responsible for assisting the Access Manager with the Block Management Program. The role involves organizing and distributing supplies, utilizing GPS units, meeting with landowners to implement agreements, placing signs, distributing materials, and installing hunter sign-in boxes. The technician will regularly meet with landowners to discuss rules, check sign-in boxes, patrol block management areas, check hunter compliance, and provide violation information. Post-season duties include removing equipment, collecting materials, and developing a report on activities. Hours will vary, and weekend and holiday work will be required.

Requirements

Completion of a 12th grade education.
Good social skills and the ability to work with the public.
Ability to effectively communicate in writing and orally with a wide variety of people and personalities including ranchers, farmers, biologists, game wardens and hunters.
Good public speaking abilities.
Ability to efficiently handle large groups of people.
Ability to work with a minimum amount of supervision in remote situations.
Must be in good physical condition.
Ability to interpret maps, which depict private and public land ownership boundaries, travel routes, and use rules.
Basic understanding and knowledge of upland game bird and big game hunting.
Knowledge of hunting regulations and wildlife management.
Must have a driver’s license.
Must be able to operate a 4x4 pickup truck.

Nice To Haves

Strong interpersonal communication skills.
College coursework in wildlife management or a closely related field.
Knowledge of northeast Montana.

Responsibilities

Assist Access Manager with initiation of the Block Management Program season.
Organize and distribute supplies for seasonal and full-time staff.
Utilize GPS units for public and private land signing in the region.
Meet with landowners to implement specific details of new and existing block management agreements.
Place boundary and trail signs.
Distribute permission slip books, maps, and signs to landowners.
Install hunter sign-in boxes in cooperation with landowners.
Regularly meet with landowners to discuss current block management area rules on a full-time basis during the hunting season.
Check sign-in boxes on a weekly basis to determine current hunter use, restock permission slips and maps when necessary.
Patrol block management areas on a full-time basis during the hunting season.
Check hunter compliance and provide violation information to enforcement personnel.
Remove hunter sign-in boxes, collect permission slip booklets from landowners, and develop a report on block management activities during the post season.