Forestry Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Salary :

A.I.S., Inc. (AIS) is a national scientific services firm supporting maritime activities requiring certification of compliance with environmental regulations as well as collecting data for use by Federal, State, Municipal, and other government agencies along the US coastline.

AIS is looking for a temporary, full-time Forestry Technician to support Washingtons Department of Natural Resources Silviculture program. The position is contingent upon AIS being awarded the contract.

Primary Function :

The Forestry Technician will be responsible for safely traveling to and locating harvest units that need to be sampled in the Western Washington area (Bellingham, WA to Mineral, WA). This will require travel on remote forest roads and hiking through wooded terrain to access the sample plots. Technicians will be responsible for setting center stakes and flagging each plot across 800 acres. All flagged plots must be sampled at a determined schedule based on local district tree planting effort. Tree seedlings within the sample plots will be identified, assessed for damage, measured, and tallied within 14 days of replanting effort. All data will be recorded and submitted via provided software and tablets.

Duties / Responsibilities

• Travel to previously forested areas on remote forest roads safely.
• Locating, flagging, and staking seedling plots in reforested areas.
• Measure, assess for damage, tally, and identify tree seedlings.
• Utilize tablets and software to record and submit data.

Compensation : Candidates will be paid an hourly rate to be negotiated, and total compensation will vary depending on candidates depth of experience. This is a fulltime, temporary position. AIS benefits package includes health and dental insurance, vacation, sick and holiday benefits.

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An Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of A.I.S. to recruit, hire, train, promote, transfer and compensate our employees and provide all other conditions of employment including Company sponsored events without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, lawful alien status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, citizenship status, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.

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