Natural Resources Technician III: Maryland
Agency
Maryland DNR
Location
Princess Anne, MD (Somerset County)
Job Category
Full time Positions
Website
https://www.jobaps.com/MD/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1=16&R2=000670&R3=0003
Salary
$30,472.00 - $47,710.00/year
Last Date to Apply
12/07/2016
Description
The Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife and Heritage Service,selected candidate will perform land management, habitat management, and maintenance activities on a network of lands in Somerset, Worcester, and Wicomico Counties. Responsibilities will also include assisting with wildlife surveys, data collection, building, road, and parking area maintenance, and a variety of land management projects on public lands administered by DNR. Responsibilities may involve wildlife emergency resolution, timely completion of administrative paperwork, issuing special-use permits, coordination of hunting / trapping programs, and acting as the agency representative through regular public interactions in a variety of situations. Work activities may involve the use of firearms, animal restraint devices, pesticide application equipment, participation in prescribed burning projects, heavy lifting, use of 4-wheel drive vehicles, atv / utvs, agricultural / heavy equipment, and boats. The incumbent will be subject to periodic adverse working conditions (hot / cold temperatures, rain / snow / ice, mud, insects, smoke, direct contact with wild animals, etc.).
Qualifications
Education: Completion of sixty credit hours from an accredited college or university, 18 of which are in biology, biochemistry, environmental science, forest technology, arboriculture, aquaculture, natural science, natural resources management, botany, marine biology, marine ecology, physical oceanography, ichthyology, fisheries management, wildlife management, zoology, or a natural resources management related field of study.
Experience: Two years of experience in technical biological work in the field of natural resources management.
Notes:
1. Additional experience performing technical biological work in the field of forestry, arboriculture, wildlife, aquaculture, natural resources management, or fisheries may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for the required education.
2. Additional education beyond sixty credit hours from an accredited college or university in a natural resources related field of study can be substituted for the required experience on a year-for-year basis for up to two years of experience.
3. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a non-commissioned officer in the natural resources management and biological sciences classifications or natural resources management and biological sciences specialty codes in the biological science technician field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience and education.
SELECTIVE QUALIFICATIONS
Applicants must meet the selective qualification(s) to be considered. Include clear and specific information on your application regarding the qualification(s).
One year of experience must have involved the operation of farming or heavy equipment such as tractors, mowers, or dozers etc.
Contact Person
Khia Poteat
Contact eMail
khia.poteat@maryland.gov
