Fisheries Technician – Rotary Screw Traps
Rachael Valeria (State)
Details
Application Deadline:
05/25/2025
Published:
05/14/2025
Starting Date:
before 5/27/2025
Ending Date:
before 10/24/2025
Hours per Week:
40
Salary:
$17.32 per hour
Education Required:
Bachelors
Experience Required:
none
Location:
Salmon, Idaho
Tags:
Graduate Opportunities
Undergraduate Opportunities
Description
About the Position
Job Responsibilities:
Incumbent will serve as the screw trap technician in IDFG’s Lemhi Effectiveness Monitoring Program in Salmon, Idaho. This project monitors fishery response to restoration efforts in the Lemhi River basin to understand the effectiveness of various habitat actions and help guide future restoration efforts through an adaptive management process. Sampling juvenile anadromous salmonid emigrants is an integral part of monitoring Idaho’s threatened populations of salmon and steelhead. The incumbent will be one of two technicians who will work in rotating multi-day shifts to operate three rotary screw traps. Incumbent will also help with various other duties listed below and if interested there are opportunities to conduct a research project.
Primary duties include:
Job Responsibilities:
Incumbent will serve as the screw trap technician in IDFG’s Lemhi Effectiveness Monitoring Program in Salmon, Idaho. This project monitors fishery response to restoration efforts in the Lemhi River basin to understand the effectiveness of various habitat actions and help guide future restoration efforts through an adaptive management process. Sampling juvenile anadromous salmonid emigrants is an integral part of monitoring Idaho’s threatened populations of salmon and steelhead. The incumbent will be one of two technicians who will work in rotating multi-day shifts to operate three rotary screw traps. Incumbent will also help with various other duties listed below and if interested there are opportunities to conduct a research project.
Primary duties include:
- Operating and maintaining three rotary screw traps
- Handling, identifying, and PIT-tagging juvenile salmonids (including ESA- listed fish)
- Collecting biological data (weights, lengths, DNA, scales, etc.)
- Assisting with data management (recording, organizing, and error checking in multiple databases)
Other specific duties of this position may include, but are not limited to:
- Collecting physical (discharge, temperature, sediment) data used to prioritize projects
- Maintaining field equipment and arrays
- Spawning ground surveys
- Backpack electrofishing
- Work independently and with a crew
- Assisting with regional fisheries management projects throughout the region when needed (gillnetting, snorkeling, raft electrofishing)
General Information
Please visit the following link and watch our “Seasonal Employment” video to see what types of opportunities are available to seasonal technicians.
https://www.facebook.com/IdahoFishGame/videos/vb.106210392621/864082404025462/?type=2&theater
What is a rotary screw trap?
https://idfg.idaho.gov/blog/2019/11/monitoring-entire-journey-wild-chinook-salmon
What are spawning ground surveys?
https://youtu.be/xRpjGkcnuGc
What is electrofishing?
https://idfg.idaho.gov/article/fish-sampling-techniques-look-world-electrofishing
https://www.facebook.com/IdahoFishGame/videos/vb.106210392621/864082404025462/?type=2&theater
What is a rotary screw trap?
https://idfg.idaho.gov/blog/2019/11/monitoring-entire-journey-wild-chinook-salmon
What are spawning ground surveys?
https://youtu.be/xRpjGkcnuGc
What is electrofishing?
https://idfg.idaho.gov/article/fish-sampling-techniques-look-world-electrofishing
Qualifications
Applicants should have a BS degree in fisheries (or related field), or equivalent in job experience and training. Applicants must be detail oriented and have the ability to work alone with minimal supervision. Applicants must be able to lift up to 60 pounds, pack up to 40 pounds for several miles, and walk up to eight miles a day along stream banks and trails. Preference will be given to individuals proficient at operating screw traps, PIT tagging, species identification, and handling juvenile salmonids. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and possess a valid driver’s license.
Note: Must accommodate a flexible schedule (holidays, weekends, 3-5 nights at the end of the season), be willing to work for 10 consecutive days, willing to stay in travel trailers and/or camp in semi-remote areas, and work in adverse weather conditions. This is a 5 month (non-benefited) position. Housing is not provided.
Note: Must accommodate a flexible schedule (holidays, weekends, 3-5 nights at the end of the season), be willing to work for 10 consecutive days, willing to stay in travel trailers and/or camp in semi-remote areas, and work in adverse weather conditions. This is a 5 month (non-benefited) position. Housing is not provided.
How To Apply
- Applicants must first register with Idaho Department of Labor (Reference Job # 2373242 at https://labor.idaho.gov.)
- Complete the IDFG Application For Temporary Employment form, located at:
http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/public/about/employment/tempEmploymentApp.pdf
3. Mail or email (preferred) the IDFG Application For Temporary Employment form, cover letter, resume, and three professional or academic references to:
3. Mail or email (preferred) the IDFG Application For Temporary Employment form, cover letter, resume, and three professional or academic references to:
Amber Young
Idaho Department of Fish and Game
99 HWY 93 N.
Salmon, ID 83467
Idaho Department of Fish and Game
99 HWY 93 N.
Salmon, ID 83467
Contact Info -
Phone: 208-742-7064
Phone: 208-742-7064
Email: Amber.Young@idfg.idaho.gov
EEO/Veteran’s Preference. If qualified applicants are found, this announcement may close before the listed closing date.
Contact
Amber Young
Amber.Young@idfg.idaho.gov (preferred contact method)