Botany Technician (Eldorado National Forest)

Job DetailsJob Location: Placerville, CAPosition Type: SeasonalSalary Range: $21.00 - $21.00 HourlyJob Category: Ecological Restoration USFS, CA Position

Description:

Summary: The Great Basin Institute (GBI), in collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), is recruiting a Botany Technician to assist with invasive plant management and botanical surveys in the Sierra Nevada region. The technicians will work alongside USFS staff to manage rare plants, control invasive plant species, and support the recovery of native vegetation in forested areas.

This is a field-based position that will involve working outdoors in diverse and potentially challenging environmental conditions, including heat, cold, and insect exposure. The field season runs from April through Fall and focuses on the restoration of ecosystems impacted by wildfire as part of a multi-year effort to improve forest resilience and enhance biodiversity.

Botany crews will assist with vegetation monitoring, data collection, botanical surveys, and invasive plant control methods, contributing to post-fire recovery and the broader goal of increasing forest health. These efforts are vital to protecting forest resources and reducing the threat of future wildfires.

Technician - Essential Job Functions may include the following: Botany: Conducting botanical surveys to determine species identity, population characteristics, environmental conditions, factors affecting vigor, and the extent of species and their habitats. Photographing or collecting specimens as directed.

Producing maps of survey areas. Recording, entering, and summarizing data. Using botanical keys to identify plants. Supervise contractors work for the USFS Assisting with reporting tasks as needed. LOCATION Eldorado National Forest; Placerville Ranger District; Camino, CA WORK SCHEDULE Projects begin in mid-late April and end in October; season is weather dependent.

Botany crew positions typically follow 10-hour days, 4 days a week schedule (M – Th).

COMPENSATION:

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BENEFITS:

Technician Wage: $21/hour with overtime at 1.5x hourly rate. Full time, average 40 hours per week Housing provided in the form of USFS barracks or rental properties. In addition to a competitive base salary, this full-time,onsite position includes company-paid premium comprehensive medical, dental (with option to upgrade in coverage), and vision insurance, as well as $25,000 Life/AD&D policy.

Voluntary short-term and long-term disability policies are available, and voluntary Life/AD&D policies for family members. Mental health support resources are employer provided, competitive PTO accrual, and paid holidays. This exciting role contributes to GBI’s significant positive impacts within the fields of environmental research,

education:

, and conservation. TSA employees who serve a term under 52 weeks in duration, and have a thirty (30) day or less break between terms, and then sign a second term that (cumulatively) becomes greater than 52 weeks of employment, will be eligible for the >1-year TSA

benefits:

(equivalent to Regular full-time employees).

Qualifications:

Requirements:

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Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, employees must be able to satisfactorily carry out each essential duty. The

requirements:

listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Technician - Knowledge,

Skills:

, and Abilities (up to 6 positions available):

Experience:

• conducting botanical field surveys, including rare plant surveys, under established project guidance Familiarity with standard field methods for botanical surveys, vegetation assessments, and habitat characterization Ability to identify plants using technical keys to the species or subspecies level, with support as needed Ability to accurately implement established data collection, inventory, assessment, and monitoring protocols

Skills:

in GPS navigation and map reading Physical ability for fieldwork in remote areas, including overnight camping if necessary Ability to follow field instructions, work safely, and contribute effectively to team-based field projects Effective communication

skills:

for coordination with multidisciplinary teams Possess a clean, valid, state-issued driver’s license with the ability to safely operate and maintain a 4WD vehicle on and off paved roads

Education:

Coursework Biology, Ecology, Natural Resource Management, Botany, Forestry or a related field OR one season of botany/forestry/natural resource management fieldwork

experience:

PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands, stand, walk, bend, and have specific vision abilities to include close and distance vision, and ability to adjust focus working with job/industry specific equipment.

The noise level in the work environment is usually low. NOTE: This job

description:

is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the organization's ongoing needs. Disclaimer: Although the organization has attempted to accurately and thoroughly describe this position, GBI reserves the right to change the same, including to change, add to or subtract from the duties outlined, within the sole discretion of the organization, at any time, with or without advance notice.