Fish Hatchery Specialist 2 (In-Training)

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• Feed fish their calculated daily ration.
• Monitor fish behavior, health, and production.
• Administer therapeutics and calculate/administer drugs as prescribed.
• Clean ponds, raceways, troughs, and incubator systems to maintain fish health.
• Perform fish inventories, splits, grading, marking trailer inventories, weight samples, and plants.
• Pick egg loss by hand or using equipment, fertilize eggs according to pre-determined ratios, and incubate eggs using a variety of vessels.
• Collect adult mortality, fill out correct head tags for broodstock, and enter data into hatchery documents and fish books.
• Identify all targeted and non-targeted species, gender, stock origin, and condition of maturity when trapping and spawning adults.
• Conduct remote trapping and spawning operations, including transportation of equipment and gametes.
• Fertilize eggs according to pre-determined ratios using established spawning protocols and Hatchery and Genetic Management Plan (HGMP) requirements.
• Track temperature units (TU’s) and monitor chillers to adjust TU’s, including tracking thermal marks.
• Record Keeping and Reporting: Use computers and software for data entry, record keeping, and reporting within and outside of the agency.
• Fill out and submit agency forms such as fish transfer tickets, hatchery invoice forms, and other relevant forms.
• Perform water quality analysis and discharge monitoring reports (DMR) as required by the Department of Ecology to maintain hatchery discharge permits (NPDES).
• Create programs to calculate desired growth rates through yearly rearing cycle (Projection sheets) that monitor fish sizes using samples & feed conversions.
• Maintain proper water flow and rearing environments.
• Monitor and maintain facility support systems including diesel generators, domestic and ozone water treatment plants, and alarm panels.
• Apply herbicides or controlled burning for weed control.
• Maintain road access to hatchery by plowing, grading, and using snow blowers.
• Operate forklifts, tractors, yard maintenance equipment, fish pumps, and common power tools.
• Design/fabricate needed hatchery equipment (such as fish racks, weirs, intake screens, fish transfer equipment, and adult fish gates) using metal, aluminum, plastic, and wood.
• Respond to questions from visitors to the facility.
• Conduct organized tours.
• Identify the best way to respond to difficult-to-answer questions, or when information is not readily obtainable, and follow up to ensure that an answer was obtained.

• Three (3) years of experience performing a variety of fish culture duties in a hatchery.
• An Associate’s degree in fisheries technology, biology, or a closely allied field.
• Three (3) years of education towards a Bachelor’s degree in fisheries, biology, or a closely allied field.
• Successful completion of a fish culture program from a vocational school.

• Salary
• Benefits
• Dependent care assistance
• Other insurance coverage for auto, boat, home, and renter insurance

Support salmon, steelhead, and trout conservation efforts while providing sustainable recreational, tribal, and commercial opportunities in the state of Washington.