Limited Term Employment (LTE) Common Job Descriptions
The jobs described below are most common to our summer employment program. These are general descriptions only and they are not current job openings for which you may apply. For a listing of actual job announcements, see the Limited Term Job Openings.
- Assistant Naturalist Guide-Parks
- Clerical
- Facilities Repair Worker
- Fisheries Technician
- Forestry Technician
- Laborer
- Ranger
- Wildlife Technician
Assistant Naturalist Guide-Parks $8.500 - $11.079
Conduct property interpretive and education programs that interpret property natural and cultural resources, teach outdoor skills, and encourage resource stewardship. Market and promote property interpretive and education programs and management messages through promotional materials, media relations and other outreach techniques. Plan, prepare and evaluate publications, audio-visual programs, displays, exhibits, and other non-personal services. Develop or assist in developing interpretive and education programs and may assist in conducting teacher training classes. Contribute to overall property operations by assisting with visitor services and maintenance duties as necessary.
Office Associate-General $7.500 - $11.378
Provide administrative and clerical support to the assigned program(s). Provide general word processing, filing and copying and mailing services. Maintain supplies of forms and brochures. Provide data entry services for the program. Extract information and reports from computer files and distribute. Assist front line staff with license and sticker sales and permit issuance. Collect fees. Perform general word processing and support services. Provide general information to customers.
Visitor Services Associate-Parks $8.00 - $13.292
Greet visitors, collect and account for fees and disseminate information. Work at entrance stations, campgrounds or other visitor contact stations. Use electronic cash registers, electronic credit card verification equipment and computerized reservation and reporting systems. Issue admission receipts in accordance with established guidelines. Provide answers to visitor questions concerning the specific park area, as well as explain the area’s recreational opportunities, interpretive services, concessions and campground availability. Distribute brochures and maps and provide directions or routes of travel throughout the park. Inform visitors of potential safety hazards. Due to the fiduciary responsibilities within this position, a background check will be conducted.
Facilities Repair Worker $8.00 - $12.451
Perform facility improvement projects by repairing windows, doors, screens, and walls. Perform minor repairs to water, electrical and heating systems. Perform minor plumbing and electrical duties. Operate and maintain equipment. Fill and grade park roads, patch blacktop and maintain culverts and shoulders. Mow grass, pick up litter, clean public use areas and beaches. Haul garbage. Paint buildings, grills and picnic tables. Maintain restrooms, campfire rings and picnic grills. Remove trees and brush.
Fisheries Technician-Survey $8.250 - $13.226
Conduct multiple assessments in different geographic areas simultaneously. Act as crew leader for other LTEs when independently conducting electrofishing, fyke net and seining surveys. Determine the appropriate areas to deploy, operate and retrieve gear. Responsible for the collection of appropriate biological data as directed by the fisheries technician or biologist. As directed, independently construct or maintain equipment, act as lead worker in land maintenance activities, conduct preliminary investigations and report to biologist. Assist other fisheries biologists.
Fisheries Technician-Habitat $8.250 - $13.226
Compile and analyze data and prepare written documentation and/or reports. Direct crews and perform stream bank or habitat improvement projects or independently develop projects including determining location of rip rap, fish cribs and other material. Install water control devices. Assist fisheries technician or biologist as directed.
Fisheries Technician-Hatchery $8.250 - $13.226
Independently feed fish, fill and adjust feeders, and monitor feeding activities. Clean tanks, raceways, and ponds. Observe behavior and monitor for diseases and water quality. Assist with seining moving and sorting fish between ponds. Maintain buildings, grounds and equipment as directed. Assist in seining and loading fish for distribution. Drive distribution truck to stocking location. Temper fish and release to stream/lake. Assist in spawning and hatching of eggs, egg picking, fry clean up and distribution to start tanks.
Fisheries Technician-Creel Census $8.250 - $13.226
Lead other LTE fisheries technicians performing creel census duties. Independently or under general supervision perform creel census clerk duties and collect fish information on designated waters. Measure, weigh and identify fish caught. Interview anglers. Record data. Compile and analyze data and prepare written documentation or reports.
Forestry Technician $6.759 - $13.226
Work independently or with general direction from permanent staff performing forestry program responsibilities that may include a combination of the following duties. Assist with woodlands mapping and marking timber for harvest. Prepare sites for reforestation activities and operate tree-planting equipment. Maintain forest tax law records. Assist in forest fire suppression, presuppression and prevention activities. Operate and maintain fire equipment hand and power tools.
Laborer - Fire Control $6.50 - $10.898
Work is at a fire control lookout tower. Detect fires and report smoke. Operate two-way radio. Maintain fire tower and grounds.
Laborer - Fish $7.500 - $10.898
Operate trucks or heavy equipment. Assist in construction of trout stream devices. Carry rock and lumber. Remove brush along stream banks. Feed and stock fish. Clean raceways. Help transfer and load fish. Help mend and construct nets. Help repair equipment. Construct and repair fences on new and existing properties. Assist in netting and electrofishing surveys. Monitor movement of fish with implanted transmitters. Work as a crew member with limited decision-making authority.
Laborer - Forestry $6.50 - $10.898
Plant trees. Trim, cut, girdle or prune trees. Maintain forestry properties and trails.
Laborer - Nursery $6.50 - $10.898
Work with the spring distribution, handling, and care of forest tree production. Lift, bag, grade, package, and perform miscellaneous duties of forest tree production. Work with fall transplanting and seeding of conifers, hardwoods, and shrubs. Prepare soils.
Laborer - Parks $8.00 - $10.898
Mow grass. Pick up litter. Clean beach areas, restrooms, campfire rings and picnic grills. Remove trees and brush. Perform general maintenance duties. Develop and maintain trail surfaces. Install signs. Haul garbage. Paint grills and picnic tables. Operate vehicles and light equipment. Perform minor plumbing and electrical duties. Direct shooting range activities.
Laborer - Wildlife $7.500 - $10.898
Help capture animals for banding operations. Help plant wildlife food crops. Drive farm tractor and trucks. Help post properties. Construct and repair fences. Apply herbicides. These tasks are performed generally as a crew member with limited decision making authority.
Ranger - Operations $9.500 - $14.922
Perform a wide range and variety of maintenance and development, law enforcement and visitor services and interpretative activities within the property. Maintain buildings and grounds, operate equipment and perform repairs and maintenance to equipment and buildings. Perform turf maintenance in public use areas. Remove brush, sign, clear and repair trails and campsites. Enforce laws, rules and regulations. Respond to law enforcement-related complaints and issue verbal and written warnings or citations. Perform public contact duties. Sell vehicle stickers and trail passes.
Ranger - Enforcement $9.500 - $16.137
Perform law enforcement activities for the majority of time (over 50%). Conduct random patrols. Enforce laws, rules and regulations. Issue verbal and written warnings or citations to visitors. Seize, hold and dispose of evidence for court. Testify in court. Check licenses, tags, permits and registrations. Review citations for completeness and accuracy. Develop reports related to law enforcement activities within the park or forest. Conduct investigations of accidents, fires and incidents on state lands. Act as court officer, monitor chain of evidence for all items seized and conduct proper disposition of items. Attend law enforcement training. Perform a variety of public contact, visitor information, maintenance and development duties, but not for the majority of the position's time.
Requirements: Original hire has completed basic recruit training.
Wildlife Technician $8.250 - $13.226
Work independently or with general direction from permanent staff performing wildlife management responsibilities that include a combination of the following duties. Participate in wildlife population and user surveys. Enter and maintain survey information in wildlife program database, assist in the analysis of results and help prepare written documentation. Work with private landowners to monitor sharecrop agreements or to develop CRP (Conservation Reserve Program) and other habitat improvement programs on private lands. Operate and maintain equipment to construct roads, dikes, flowages and parking lots. Establish cooperative registration stations for various types of game or hunting seasons. Provide technical advice, education and information to private landowners and the general public. Perform habitat restoration and establishment of native habitat development work including wetland restoration. Develop and participate in prescribed burns to maintain and establish habitat. Perform capture, release and monitoring of various game species to evaluate effectiveness of wildlife programs. Apply herbicides. Perform general maintenance on public use facilities on wildlife properties.
Last Revised: Friday, April 27, 2007
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