Whitebark Pine Field Technicians - Surrey, Canada - British Columbia Conservation Foundation

British Columbia Conservation Foundation

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Surrey, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Job Title:
Whitebark Pine Field Technician

Location:
Various Locations, BC (home base of Kamloops, BC)

Number of Positions:2

Term:
June 5 to September 30, 2023

Full Time:
Average 40 hours per week.

Wage:
Team Lead - $22/h

Field Technician - $20/h

(Crew will be expected to provide their own backcountry camping equipment. An allowance will be provided for personal field gear, per diems in the field and use of own personal laptop.)

Description:

The BC Conservation Foundation and the Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship in partnership with the Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation of Canada are seeking to fill two summer field technician positions to undertake high priority recovery actions for whitebark and limber pine.

The actions we take today can help us achieve the long-term recovery goal of ensuring viable populations persist now and into the future within their projected ranges in B.C.

Prior to deployment in the field, crews will be trained and be required to review background information to ensure data collected is accurate and meets required data standards.

Specific Duties:

Although the field crew will start and end shifts in Kamloops, fieldwork will be conducted across British Columbia and applicants are expected to be comfortable working in remote areas of the province for significant periods of time.

Shifts are to follow a 10 day on four days off rotation.

The field crew will work in a team of 2 and be comprised of a team leader and 1 assistant.

Typically, a shift will focus on work in a single region, with work areas planned out in advance. Field crews will be involved in work planning and ensuring key work tasks are tracked and completed as directed. Data, field notes and photos must be submitted at the end of each shift.

Crews may be required to liaise and/or work with staff from partner agencies to undertake field work in some areas.

Dealing respectfully with the public and communicating with others about this work is an important part of the job.

Field crew tasks include:

Field surveys to evaluate stand health,
Establish longterm health monitoring plots,
Survey for cone crops,
Assist with cone collection,
Plant whitebark pine seedlings,
Monitor planted sites,
Assess potential restoration areas within southeast British Columbia,

- enter data and data quality assurance prior to timely data submission,

Engage in outreach and education on behalf of the Ministry and Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation of Canada.

Qualifications:

2 years minimum natural resource training and 1 season of remote field work experience or other extensive backcountry experience.
Background in tree identification, ecology and formal data collection using spreadsheets.
Safety Orientated, First Aid

- level

Passionate and keen about conservation and comfortable engaging with the public.
Attention to detail and the ability to follow established procedures is an essential requirement for hiring.
Physically fit and able to hike around sometimes steep and uneven alpine terrain in all weather, and carry field equipment. (and seedlings?)
Safetyoriented.
Comfortable navigating in the field using compass, GPS, and experienced using a tablet for navigation and data entry.
A valid unrestricted driver's license with 2+ years of driving experience and experience operating 4x4 vehicles.

Assets:

Previous experience working with Whitebark or Limber Pine.
Previous experience collecting forest health survey data.
First aid training.
Ability to problem solve and repair equipment in the field, change tires, general troubleshooting.
At least one year and preferably two years Background in natural resource management, forestry, biology, conservation science.
Comfortable flying in helicopters and/or operating ATVs

Closing Date:
May 23, 2023 at midnight. Note Interviews are scheduled for May 29th and 30th.

COVID-19:While the BC Conservation Foundation does not currently have a mandatory COVID-19 policy, we take The BC Public Health Officer's guidelines seriously. Many of our clients have enacted mandates that stipulate vaccination requirements be met by their workers and contractors. In light of this, we require all BC Conservation Foundation employees, our contractors and volunteers to be fully vaccinated before entering client mandated worksites, unless having a properly supported human rights exemption reflected under the provisions of the BC Human Rights Code.

The BC Conservation Foundation respectfully acknowledges that we operate on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of many Indigenous Peoples throughout British Columbia_

Applicants are asked to submit a cover letter and resume format. Include your first and last name in the file names. Due to the high volume of applicants we receive, only those that are selected for interviews will be contacted.

The British Columbia Conservation Foun