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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 09/18/15

Applications Due10/16/15

Vacancy ID23683

AgencyEnvironmental Conservation, Department of

TitleForestry Technician 1 (Seasonal) 2 Positions

Occupational CategoryOther Professional Careers

Salary GradeHourly

Bargaining UnitOSU - Operational Services Unit (CSEA)

Salary RangeFrom $15.40 to $15.40 Hourly

Employment Type Part-Time

Part-time Percent 80%

Appointment Type Temporary

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 32

Workday

From 7:30 AM

To 4 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

County Chenango

Street Address 2715 State Hwy. 80

City Sherburne

StateNY

Zip Code13460

Minimum Qualifications 1. Thirty (30) semester college credit hours, including or supplemented by twelve (12) semester credit hours in forestry, which must include at least one course in three or more of the following areas: forest biology, silviculture, forest mensuration, forest protection, forest soils, dendrology, botany and land surveying.
OR
2. One year of diversified, technical forestry experience in two or more of the following areas:
forest management, including sale and removal of timber products, nursery management, including the transplanting of tree or shrub seedlings; forest pest management, including control of diseases and insect pests; forest data collection, including forest inventory and mapping.

MUST SUBMIT TRANSCRIPTS..

Duties Description Incumbent will complete forest inventory and prepare timber sales on state forest properties under the direction of a professional forester. Incumbent may be required to work alone in rough terrain during all seasons. Incumbent will be required to gather and input field data into the State Forest Inventory Program. Assist with timber type mapping and inventory plot layout using GIS technology. Essential skills include tree identification, tree diameter and height measurement, GPS navigation and GIS data manipulation. Responsibilities include but aren't limited to: marking timber, calculating timber volumes, summarizing timber tallies and preparing timber sale maps. Must have valid Drivers License and the ability to use equipment including electronic data collector, compass, point sample prism and work station computers. Must also have knowledge of Excel, Word, Arc GIS and image software.

Additional Comments The title of the position is Forestry Technician 1 (Seasonal). While the work is year-round, the work hours/week will be adjusted seasonally to require more hours worked in the summer and fewer in the winter. The total annual work hours are limited to 1,750. Funding for this position if secured through 3/31/16, with a likelihood continuing past this date. More information will be available during interviews.

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Name Heath Boomhower

Telephone

Fax

Email Address personnel@dec.ny.gov

Address

Street 625 Broadway

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12233

 

Notes on ApplyingEMAIL OR MAIL YOUR RESUME AND A COMPLETED EMPLOMENT APPLICATION Form # S1000 (http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/administration_pdf/empapppart1s1000.pdf) TO THE ABOVE. BE SURE TO INCLUDE (LAF 15-16) ON YOUR RESUME AND APPLICATION OR THEY MAY NOT BE ACCEPTED. ALSO INCLUDE A COPY OF YOUR COLLEGE TRANSCRIPTS WITH THE APPLICATION, ALONG WITH AN EXPLANATION OF HOW YOU MEET THE MINUMUM QUALIFICATONS OF THE POSITION. UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS ARE ACCEPTABLE.

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