Fisheries Technician II (Sockeye)

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation • Toppenish, WA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Fisheries Technician II for the sockeye program will be required to perform a variety of technical and skilled tasks related to fisheries management and population monitoring. The primary duties will include spawning ground and carcass surveys, juvenile and adult fish tagging and enumeration, juvenile and adult fish capture and release, gillnetting, block netting, seining, electrofishing, recording of detailed field data, fish species identification, boat operation, quad operation, snow mobile operation, operation of fish trapping facilities, fish transport requiring a commercial driver's license (CDL).

Requirements

• A High School Diploma or equivalent, and two years of professional experience as a Fisheries Technician I or equivalent.
• Required to pass a pre-employment drug test.
• Required to pass a pre-employment background check.
• Must have or the ability to obtain a valid Washington State Driver's License and Commercial Driver's license (CDL) with the ability to obtain a Yakama Nation Tribal Driving Permit with Defensive Driving Course Certificate (to be updated every 2 years).

Nice To Haves

• Yakama enrolled preference, but all qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tagging and Floy tagging of juvenile and adult salmonids for migration and survival monitoring.
• General maintenance of all equipment, including motorized equipment and consumables, and purchasing operating supplies and inventory.
• Monitoring of early life history study sites: download of temperature data, enumeration of pre-emergent fish, deployment and retrieval of technical monitoring gear, data recording, and proficiency with data cataloging.
• Spawning ground surveys to conduct the following: genetic sampling, carcass recovery, carcass evaluation (length, condition), spawn condition, spawner distribution, etc.
• Operation of the off-ladder adult fish facility at Priest Rapids Dam, requiring knowledge of gate operation, safe fish handling and fish sorting.
• The safe collection and transport of both juvenile and adult salmonids.
• Attention to fish health during long-distance transport.
• Invasive predator removal and disposal.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees