Natural Resource Technician III

State-of-South-Carolina; South Carolina; On-site; USD 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

State of South Carolina is seeking a Field Technician to support the St. Stephen Fish Lift and monitoring studies for American shad, blueback herring, and American eels. The role involves daily field tasks, data collection, and lab-related age estimation.

The incumbent will assist with operational procedures, procurement, vehicle maintenance, and equipment inventory to ensure project success. Seasonally heavy hours and outdoor work with adverse weather may apply.

Qualifications

• Minimum associate degree in technical sciences with 1 year of wildlife or fisheries experience, or a high school diploma with 3 years of wildlife/fisheries work.
• Strong ability to communicate observations, deficiencies, and conflicts with the supervisor in a timely manner.
• Ability to utilize laboratory equipment to estimate otolith and scale ages and enter/verify data collections.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily tasks for the St. Stephen Fish Lift and related monitoring studies on American shad, blueback herring, and American eels.
• Participate in operational procedures and collect essential biological data.
• Assist with procurement, vehicle maintenance, and equipment inventory to ensure project success.
• Define and address maintenance priorities for facilities and equipment.
• Enter and validate data; estimate ages for collected specimens.

Skills

Data entry

Field wildlife work

Communication

Education

Associate degree in technical sciences

High school diploma + 3 years wildlife/fisheries work

Tools

Laboratory equipment use

Equipment maintenance

Job description

Job ResponsibilitiesIndividual will be responsible for daily tasks associated with the St. Stephen Fish Lift and relevant monitoring studies for American shad, blueback herring, and American eels. The individual will participate in operational procedures, collection of essential biological data, and will assist with various administrative tasks to ensure project success (e.g., procurement, vehicle maintenance, and equipment inventory). Significant time will additionally be applied to defining and addressing maintenance priorities of facilities and equipment, data entry and validation, and estimating ages for collected specimen. Within season operations are extremely time sensitive, may require heavy physical labor at times, can occur under adverse weather conditions, and often extend working hours to early morning, nights, and/or weekends. Experience in data entry and management, particularly using Microsoft 365 applications, is strongly preferred. While largely a land-based vocation, several opportunities exist for aiding concurring projects within the Diadromous Fishes section.Minimum and Additional RequirementsAn associate degree in the technical sciences and one (1) year of experience in wildlife or fisheries work; or a high school diploma and three (3) years of experience in wildlife or fisheries work.Preferred QualificationsKnowledge of South Carolina's fish, wildlife and marine species, including their habits, habitats and natural requirements. Strong ability to communicate observations, deficiencies, and conflicts with the supervisor in a timely manner. Ability to utilize laboratory equipment to estimate otolith and scale ages and computer applications to enter, verify, and organize data collections. Ability to swim, record data legibly, and be willing to learn how to perform all jobs within this project and fill in for vacancies when appropriate.