These are career-seasonal positions. Selectee(s) will be in a work/pay status for a specified time period each year (generally April-October) and will be in a non-work/non-pay status for the remainder of the year. The anticipated annual period of employment for these positions is 6 to 9 months.

As a Biological Science Technician your duties will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Leading 1-3+ same and lower-graded employees and contractors at remote locations to complete established work plan objectives and tasks according to program protocols. Coordinating, reviewing, and ensuring completion of daily fieldwork.
• Providing technical support and participating with other team members to conduct lampricide treatments, alternative controls, and assessment operations including pesticide application, chemical analysis of water, quality assurance procedures, bioassay tests, measurement of stream flow characteristics, velocity and discharge, sea lamprey sterilization, collection of biological specimens, instream and offshore assessments, studies to determine distribution, growth, and abundance of sea lampreys in the larval, parasitic, and spawning life stages, and measuring the effect of lamprey control on non-target species.
• Recording observed conditions that would affect the interpretation of data derived from samples. Preparing draft reports involving the tabulation or collection of data with comments on surrounding environments and conditions that could affect program activities. Interpreting data collected and providing supervisor with information needed to adjust treatment, alternative control, and assessment approaches.
• Operating, maintaining, repairing, fabricating, and occasionally designing highly specialized fishery equipment (e.g., equipment for mixing and delivering concentration of liquid and powder forms of lampricides, lamprey sterilization equipment, fish holding and hauling facilities, water filtration apparatus, water sampling devices, electrofishing gear, electrical/mechanical weirs, nets, trawls, and traps). Operating, maintaining, and repairing motorized watercraft up to 26', non-motorized watercraft, and ATVs. Operating and maintaining light-, medium- and heavy-weight trucks and trailers on public highways and off-road situations. Utilizing a variety of tools including maps, compasses, GPS, computer and other resources to navigate in populated and remote areas.
• Contacting landowners and other agencies to obtain access information and/or permission necessary to complete field work.