Forestry Technician 1 (Seasonal)
Job Posting for Forestry Technician 1 (Seasonal) at Environmental Conservation, Department of
Thirty (30) semester credit hours, including twelve (12) semester credit hours in forestry, which must include at least one course in three or more of the following areas: botany, dendrology, forest biology, forest ecology, forest ecosystem management, forest entomology, forest health, forest mensuration, forest pathology, forest protection, forest soils, general soils, geographic information systems, land surveying and silviculture
OR
One (1) year of technical forestry experience in one (1) or more of the following areas: forest management, including sale and removal of timber products; nursery management, including the transplanting of tree or shrub seedlings; forest pest management, including control of diseases and insect pests.
Preferred qualifications:
Experience identifying and controlling invasive plants using manual and chemical control methods; experience identifying common tree species of New York and the pests that impact them; experience using maps, GPS and GIS to assist in locating and recording survey sites; experience creating GIS polygons using ArcMap or ArcGIS.
The position’s duties involve fieldwork throughout NY on both public and private lands; mapping infestations, collecting site information, surveying for plants and implementing control of giant hogweed, kudzu, southern pine beetle, hemlock wooly adelgid and other target species. Appropriate safety equipment and safety training will be provided at the outset of employment.
Principal Duties
- Contact property owners to obtain permission to enter property for survey and/or control.
- Locate specific control sites using maps and GIS products.
- Implement manual and chemical control of giant hogweed, kudzu and other target plant, insect or disease. Pesticide will be applied under the supervision of a certified commercial pesticide applicator using an appropriate backpack sprayer and nozzle to minimize non-target effects, according to the product label and manufacturer’s safety instructions. All necessary equipment will be provided. Landowners will be notified prior to herbicide application and provided with a copy of the herbicide label.
- Use equipment such as a compact tracked loader or a tracked aerial lift and power tools such as chainsaws or brush saws access and treat southern pine beetle and other target species.
- Conduct field surveys with the use of a hand-held GPS and mobile mapping unit and plot target species location polygons and records on digital maps.
- Acquire and inventory digital photographs of specific control sites to monitor yearly progress.
- Maintain detailed records of the control activities and site information for each site.
- Will be required to dig, cut and/or use a pesticide backpack, or use a chainsaw to control invasive species for long hours in hot and cold weather in a variety of terrains while maintaining a good attitude.
Must be a NY State Certified Category 2, 3A or 9 Pesticide Technician/Applicator or pass pesticide exams within 6 months of appointment.
Required to have Game of Logging Levels 1 & 2 or equivalent, or obtain within 6 months of appointment.
Must have a valid driver’s license or demonstrate the ability to meet the transportation needs of the position. Use of personal protective equipment, including a respirator will be required.
Must be able to negotiate difficult terrain, work in remote areas and in adverse weather conditions. Travel may be required.
This hourly position if currently funded through 3/31/23, with a possibility of continuing beyond that date. Actual work schedule and hours may vary and will be discussed at interview.
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