Position Titles: Seasonal Field Crew Leaders and Seasonal Field Crew Members in Forest, Vegetation, and Fire Ecology
Employer: University of California, Davis Location: Multiple duty stations in the Sierra Nevada, California (one crew will have limited work in Baja, Mexico). Dates: Application deadline: March 4, 2018 Start date: Mid-May, 2018, negotiable End date: mid-September to late-October, TBD Compensation: $15.46 - $21.25 per hour depending on experience, plus options for health insurance Overview: Up to three field crews (one crew leader and one to two crew members per crew) are needed to collect ecological data related to forests, vegetation, and wildfire for vegetation inventory and monitoring projects in support of ecological research on public lands. Work will be located in the Sierra Nevada of California, primarily on national forest lands, but some crews will have limited work in National Parks and/or in Baja, Mexico. The field crew leaders and members will collect technical data on forest stand structure, tree mortality, species diversity, vegetation regeneration, and landscape characteristics at remote field sites. The crew leaders will each supervise a field crew and will be responsible for equipment and data management throughout the season. US Forest Service ecologists and/or UC Davis researchers from the lab of Dr. Hugh Safford will supervise the field crew leaders but will only occasionally accompany the crews during field sampling. More Information: Detailed position information and complete application instructions are posted in a file titled "2018_PositionDescription_UCD_Crew-lead-member_2018-0216.pdf" at the link below. Please review the instructions carefully before emailing with questions. https://ucdavis.box.com/s/8knydgnzewm2zhwh50uxs743s372jyhr Thanks for your interest! Rebecca Wayman Associate Specialist (Forest and Fire Ecology) Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy University of California, Davis [email protected]
