Salmon Hatchery Technician | Field Work & Conservation

State of Washington; Salkum (WA); Presencial; USD 21.000 - 34.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health insurance

Paid holidays

Vacation leave

Sick leave

Retirement plan

Descripción de la vacante

State of Washington’s Fish Hatchery Program is seeking a dedicated Fish Hatchery Technician for the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery in Salkum, WA. You will assist with rearing juvenile salmon, maintaining raceways, and supporting spawning operations as part of the hatchery team.

The role involves outdoor work in all weather, lifting 44 pounds, and occasional evening or weekend shifts. A valid driver’s license is required and benefits accompany full-time employment.

Formación

• High School Diploma or GED.

Responsabilidades

• Weigh and physically distribute feed to juvenile salmonids.
• Pick eggs in the incubation room and pond fry from incubators to juvenile raceways and troughs.
• Pick mortality from the juvenile and adult raceways.
• Assist with juvenile weight samples and coefficients of variation (CV’s), mass marking, inventory splits of juveniles, and planting smolts.
• Manually clean juvenile raceways and troughs with a vacuum system.
• Pressure wash and clean rearing ponds, brushing juvenile raceway screens and cleaning water intakes, tanks, troughs, and egg trays.
• Handle adult salmon during spawning operations and nutrient enhance spawned adult carcasses to the upper watershed for distribution.
• Assist with tasks involved with the care of the Mayfield Net Pen project including feeding juvenile salmon, cleaning net pens, and transferring fish to and from the Net Pens.

Educación

High School Diploma or GED

Herramientas

Hand and power tools

Weed eater

Pressure washer

Forklift

Computer

Coded wire tag identification equipment

Descripción del empleo

State of Washington’s Fish Hatchery Program is seeking a dedicated Fish Hatchery Technician for the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery in Salkum, WA. You will assist with rearing juvenile salmon, maintaining raceways, and supporting spawning operations as part of the hatchery team.

The role involves outdoor work in all weather, lifting 44 pounds, and occasional evening or weekend shifts. A valid driver’s license is required and benefits accompany full-time employment.