Seasonal Foresters (Forester)

Seasonal

  Colorado State Forest Service (http://csfs.colostate.edu/employment)

  Gould, Colorado, United States

SEASONAL POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

POSITION TITLE: Seasonal Forester (3 positions)

LOCATION: Steamboat District – State Forest Office (Gould, CO)

HOURLY PAY RATE: $12.00 per hour (depending on experience) – Dormitory style housing and utilities provided

EMPLOYMENT DATES: May 2018 through August 2018 (start and end date may be variable)

CLOSING DATE: Applications should be submitted by February 5, 2018 but will be accepted until the positions are filled.

Minimum Requirements:

  • Must have a valid driver’s license or the ability to obtain a driver’s license by the employment start date.
  • Pursuing or completed degree in forestry or related natural resources field
  • Ability to operate a manual transmission vehicle
  • Ability to operate 4-wheel drive vehicles in variable weather and road conditions
  • Ability to (or willingness to learn how to) operate chainsaws/misc. logging equipment, forestry equipment, and perform strenuous outdoor work in a variety of weather conditions
  • Ability and willingness to work long hours with occasional evening and weekend duties (work based on a 40 hour work week)
  • Demonstrated ability to work as a member team

Preferred Experience:

  • Good written and oral communications
  • One season of field experience
  • National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) S130/190 Wildfire Training
  • Experience in the utilization of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, internet, e-mail, GPS, and ArcGIS

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Cruising and data collection for forest-wide inventory
  • Chainsaw operation - thinning, firewood, and defensible space work
  • Assisting with timber sale and service contract layout - cruising, boundary delineation, and marking
  • Various GPS and GIS applications
  • Assisting with assessment and treatment of insect and disease projects
  • General labor - rock headers, fences, facility and equipment maintenance, minor construction projects, etc.