| BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE TECHNICIAN
(WILDLIFE)
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| SALARY RANGE: 30,846.00 - 40,091.00 USD
per year
| OPEN PERIOD: Thursday, December 29, 2005
to Wednesday, January 11, 2006
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| SERIES & GRADE: GS-0404-05
| POSITION INFORMATION: Full Time Term appt NTE
4 yrs
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| PROMOTION POTENTIAL: 07
| DUTY LOCATIONS: 1 vacancy - Anchorage, AK |
| WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED:
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| U.S. Citizens
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JOB SUMMARY:
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U. S. Fish
and Wildlife Service
Conserving the Nature of America
Promotion Potential: GS-07
In this position you will provide support
work to professional biologists working on biological programs for Northern
sea otters, polar bears, and Pacific walruses.
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| MAJOR DUTIES:
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Provides technical
support and assistance to professional biologists engaged in scientific
and technical work with marine mammals management. Work will include
but is not limited to the following:
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assembling basic information on wildlife
populations such as habitat use, sex and age structure, seasonal movement,
harvest characteristics, and condition of forage, range, or streams;
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collecting anatomical materials and
making preliminary assessments of such things as habitat preference and
population dynamics;
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preparing drafts of sections of field
reports;
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researching and extracting data from
publications and manuscripts;
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uses a combination of tranquilizer guns,
traps, nets, and hypodermic syringes to tranquilize and capture wildlife
for study, measurement, or collaring;
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correlation and analysis of data and
completion of reports or other documents related to a project using word
processing.
The work can include both office and outdoor
work, as well as operation of small boats, cars, trucks, or other vehicles.
Seasonal field studies involve considerable physical demands, such as frequent,
extensive travel on foot; exertion from lifting and carrying equipment;
and energy drain from cold, wet and windy weather. Field activities
are normally conducted in remote locations and often under primitive living
conditions. Small boats, canoes, or small aircraft may be used for
travel or as a survey platform. Large numbers of biting insects are
present during part of the year. |
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