Biological Science Technician

This is a temporary appointment intended for seasonal work that is less than 6 months or 1040 hours from the date of appointment/service year. It is expected this position will be terminated upon completion of the seasons work. The agency may non-competitively rehire an eligible temporary seasonal worker in subsequent years who works less than 6 months or 1040 hours in their service year. At management’s discretion, this appointment may be extended up to one-year with the possibility of extending an additional one-year.

As a Biological Science Technician your duties will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Assisting professional Fish Biologists and higher graded Technicians in work that may involve chemical treatment of streams to destroy sea lamprey larvae.
• Controlling sea lampreys through the use of barriers, trapping and release of pheromones.
• Monitoring population levels of lampreys in their larval, parasitic and spawning phases to assess the success of treatments and the need for future control strategies.
• Documenting biological changes in the life history of sea lamprey.