Seasonal Foresters
(Forester)
Seasonal
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.