Salary: $3,811.00 - $5,117.00 Monthly
Location: Multiple Locations - Eastern Washington, WA
Job Type: Seasonal
Department: Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
Opening Date: 07/09/2024
Closing Date: Continuous
Picture yourself a part of a team environment, accomplishing overall ecological fire management activities.
The optimal applicants will have experience operating equipment such as all-terrain vehicles (ATV), utility-terrain vehicles (UTV), 4-wheel drive vehicles, bulldozers, excavators, wildland fire engine, water delivery pumps.
We are seeking a candidate who models WDFW values: Accountability, Service, Professionalism, Integrity, Respect, and Empathy (ASPIRE).
Duties
Prescribed Fire Pre and Post Operations:
Function within a team environment to accomplish overall ecological fire management activities including:
Maintenance and upkeep of tools and equipment and preparation of burn units, such as establishing fuel breaks/line construction.
Basic planning, fuels inventory and area layout.
Implementation of firing techniques using firing devices.
Patrolling and mop up assignments.
Maintain ecological function of natural systems for the benefit of fisheries and wildlife habitat.
Provide for employee and public safety while implementing assigned work projects.
Equipment Operation and Maintenance:
Operate various types of equipment such as 4-wheel drive vehicles, all-terrain vehicles (ATV), utility-terrain vehicles (UTV), Type 6 fire engine, various equipment trailers, chainsaws and hand tools in a safe and efficient manner.
Provide equipment maintenance and repair to a fire ready condition, including hand tools, chainsaws, water delivery pumps and vehicles.
Organize and track inventories of fire line equipment for accountability of equipment and costs.
Monitoring:
Gather or assist in gathering detailed resource information to provide basic pre- and post-burn monitoring such as fuels inventories and vegetation surveys.
Other Duties as Assigned:
Participate in forest thinning operations to reduce and maintain stand densities.
Conduct miscellaneous wildlife area duties as assigned during non-fire periods such as visitor signage replacement, repair construction, assistance with planting food plots, weed control, fence construction and maintenance.
