Fish Hatchery Technician - Naselle Hatchery - Non-Permanent

Fish Hatchery Technician - Naselle Hatchery - Non-Permanent - *05579-25

• Monitor eggs and fish production and disinfect and enumerate eggs.
• Assist in identifying, sorting and sampling species for spawning and adult distribution.
• Work in the incubation room sorting and cleaning of eggs by hand or with equipment.
• Assist with spawning and placing in incubation units to meet program goals.
• Loading fry from incubation room to the rearing vessel.
• Assist in keeping the facility safe and secure.
• Understand correct safety protocols for all hazardous chemicals.
• Operate high pressure pumps and manual cleaning of rearing containers with brooms and brushes.
• Wash and clean ponds, intakes, tanks, troughs, and egg trays.
• Service and maintain hatchery related equipment and structures.
• Maintain intakes, traps and weirs for proper operation
• Assist hatchery staff in recording fish collected, eggs taken, feed fed and pond mortalities.
• Fill in hatchery forms with daily activities, i.e. daily loss, temperature, daily adult and egg totals.
• Report fish behavior and environmental changes to supervisors

• High School Diploma or GED
• Valid Driver’s License
• Basic fish culture techniques including rearing procedures
• Ability to identify salmonids
• Basic math skills including calculating and understanding quantities and proportions
• Computer knowledge including basic understanding of spreadsheets and word processing

• Medical (including vision), dental and basic life insurance
• Medical flexible spending account
• Basic life and long-term disability insurance
• Dependent care assistance
• Auto, boat, home, and renter insurance
• Washington Wellness program
• Retirement and Deferred Compensation
• Social Security
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• Paid holidays and one paid personal holiday per calendar year
• Sick leave
• Vacation (Annual Leave)
• Bereavement Leave
• Leave Sharing
• Parental Leave
• Leave Without Pay

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