Juvenile Fish Trap Operator - Scientific Technician 2

This is an opportunity to gain valuable hands-on experience that supports monitoring programs for endangered species act (ESA) summer chum salmon.

• Perform juvenile trap operation for Salmon Creek outmigrant fry trap
• Assess the ongoing integrity of the inclined plane floating trap
• Raise the inclined plane each hour and remove chum fry from the trap
• Transport the Chum fry in four (4) gallon buckets to the processing table
• Sort and count Chum fry and other by-catch species then releasing them safely downstream
• Stain 100 juvenile summer Chum each night and release the stained fish from the previous night upstream of the trap
• Assess and respond to weather and stream flow conditions, cleaning debris from trap
• Data recording and reporting for the Salmon Creek trap
• Providing support for the Snow Creek weir in April and May

• Graduation from high school or GED, including one (1) year of high school science
• Two (2) years of experience as a Scientific Technician 1
• Graduation from high school or GED including one (1) year of high school science
• Two (2) years of laboratory or field experience as an assistant to a biologist, chemist, or zoologist

• Benefits
• Paid leave
• Staff training and other compensation benefits

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