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Job introduction: Hayspur Fish Hatchery is currently seeking anon-benefitted temporary Fisheries Biological Aide to aid in daily operations which include fish husbandry and culture, data management, sample counts, and facility maintenance. This position is a 7 month assignment and will work forty (40) hours a week. Work schedules may include weekends and holidays. Hayspur Fish Hatchery is located 5 miles West of Picabo, Idaho.Hayspur Fish Hatchery is the IDFG Rainbow Trout broodstock station that supplies eyed eggs to our resident production facilities statewide. Its operations are license funded. The brood program employs photoperiod manipulation across multiple lots to induce spawning year-round, increasing the temporal availability of eyed eggs to meet varied production program needs. This facility is also the hub of the YY Brook Trout program, and cooperates extensively with fisheries research and Eagle Fish Health Lab staff in this endeavor.

General Information: Incumbents must, with or without reasonable accommodations, be able to stand and work in adverse weather conditions, sometimes working in cold water for up to eight hours per shift, lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds. Free dormitory style housing is provided on site, but is not mandatory. Most workdays are from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and typically consist of 40 hour work weeks. Position may also require rotation of working on weekends with and without other hatchery staff.

Responsibilities: Routine duties include, but are not limited to: weighing fish feed and feeding fish; cleaning and feeding fish in a variety of rearing units; data collection; data entry; sampling fish; crowding, loading, and unloading fish; maintaining grounds and equipment; operating landscaping equipment; power washing raceways; cleaning offices and hatchery facilities, safe chemical use; sorting and spawning fish; and other associated tasks as assigned. This position involves standing and working in cold water and for up to eight hours per shift; lifting and carrying equipment weighing up to 50 pounds; and working in inclement weather conditions.

Qualifications: Demonstrated ability to handle responsibility and work independently. Course work in a Natural Resource/Biological Science is strongly preferred but not mandatory. Previous fish hatchery experience is a plus, but not required. Candidates with course work and/or previous experience will be given preference. Must be at least 18 years of age and have a valid drivers license. EEO/Veterans Preference. If qualified applicants are found, this announcement may close before the listed closing date.

How To Apply: Complete an IDFG Application for Temporary Employment<https://idfg.idaho.gov/sites/default/files/application-temporary.pdf>

(Submit a cover letter, a resume, three professional or academic references, and a completed IDFG Application for Temporary Employment via email (preferred) or by mail to:

Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Attention: Cameron Jackson

71 Hayspur Ln

Bellevue, ID 83313

Contact Cameron Jackson

cameron.jackson@idfg.idaho.gov

(208)788-2847