Regional Job Board

Forestry Technician – American Conservation Experience

Nevada City, California

Position Overview: The ACE Member will be a part of a small marking crew performing a variety of timber sale preparation (TSP) duties that include-but are not limited to-timber marking (45%), timber cruising (20%), and sale layout (25%) of both ground and aerial systems as part of the forest health partnership. Office work, meetings, and training (10%).

Field work often requires moderate to strenuous physical exertion, including walking, bending, and climbing under adverse conditions for long periods of time. Potential risk of falls due to uneven terrain, risk of insect bites, contact with poisonous plants, etc. Duties will be conducted during conditions such as rain, snow, wind, dust, extreme heat and cold. Hardhat, gloves, and other safety equipment are provided.

This individual placement is meant to facilitate professional development and promotes exposure to land management agencies and networking with professionals. This could include gaining experience in different conservation fields and shadowing different work groups.

Project Objectives:

• Either independently or with guidance, applies silvicultural prescriptions and marking guides to designate timber for harvest.
• Brings to the attention of responsible individuals, situations on the ground that are inconsistent with guidelines.
• Either as a certified timber cruiser or under the supervision of a certified timber cruiser, applies the instructions issued in a cruise plan. Takes and records tree measurements, assesses quality, and determines defect. Prepares cruise data for processing.
• Observes and reports areas of possible archeological significance, and sightings of sensitive, threatened or endangered wildlife species.
• GPS’s harvest unit boundaries and determines site area.
• Planning, decisions, and judgments made in this position affect long term timber management activities, other resources, and the forest health agreement/contract.
• Accuracy of the work affects the quality of residual resource values such as timber stands, visual quality, water quality, and all resources related to timber harvest.

Schedule: Monday – Thursday, ~7:00am-5:30pm. Occasional Fridays, if necessary.

Qualifications

ACE values an inclusive workforce – if you meet at least 70 percent of the qualifications, we want to hear from you!

Required:

• Members must be a U.S. citizen or Permanent Resident, as required by U.S. government contracts
• Willing and able to represent ACE and the partner organization in a professional, positive, and enthusiastic manner.
• Ability to be both self-directed/work alone, and be a positive, contributing member of a group.
• A current and valid form of ID (will be required to provide copies of ID’s upon hiring)
• Willing to undergo and must pass the required criminal history checks
• Ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.
• ACE Members will need to complete bi-weekly timesheets, beginning of term feedback forms, end of term evaluations and for longer terms, a mid-term evaluation.
• Member may not participate in any prohibited activities as listed in the Member Service Agreement
• To learn more about eligibility requirements, please visit our website located on our Indeed homepage.

HOW TO APPLY

Please submit your resume, a cover letter demonstrating your interest and experience, and contact information for three professional/academic references to ACE’s online application page for this position on our website. Early consideration will be given as applications are received. This position may close at any time. If you have any questions regarding this position please feel free to contact Tahoe NF Project Manager, Al Richert, arichert@usaconservation.org

When you apply, please indicate that you are responding to the posting on Conservation Job Board.

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