Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is working with Westaff to recruit several Wildlife Field Technicians in Butte, MT!!

Term: October 10th – December 1st

Schedule: 40 hrs/week, varies depending on location, weekends may be required

Pay: $18.61/hr

Duties of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician:

• Collect biological samples from hunter-harvested and road-killed animals to assist with surveillance and monitoring efforts
• Record accurate field data
• Label and maintaining accountability of all samples
• Enter sample data into a database
• Organize and package samples
• Submitting samples in a timely manner to the appropriate testing facility
• Assemble CWD sampling kits
• Maintain accountability and inventories of equipment and check station supplies
• Make trips to regional dumps to dispose of deer carcass parts as needed
• Assist with the distribution of CWD-related educational materials to various groups/locations
• Assist with educational outreach with hunters and members of the public
• Perform other duties as needed

Qualifications:

• Experience with accurately collecting samples, labeling data, and data entry
• Ability to be comfortable around unpleasant smells
• Some travel required
• Ability to effectively communicate with others
• Must have ability to coordinate/pay for lodging for the entirety of the assignment

Benefits:

• Weekly pay!
• Benefits offered
• Amazing state opportunity

Special Information:

• Work will involve field, laboratory, and office activities that require adaptations and re-organization of work schedules, travel, and lifting heavy objects. 
• The work schedule may be variable from week to week, at times demanding long hours (e.g. 10-12 hour shifts), extensive travel to and from check station locations often under poor weather conditions, and up to 10% overnight travel. 
• Working conditions contain hazards and require a commitment to exercise caution and follow rigorous protocols to ensure safety. 
• Exposure to potentially harmful biological and chemical agents and offensive sights and smells are routine. 
• Occasional exposure to outdoor hazards such as severe weather, work along roadways, and heavy lifting of dead animals is expected. 
• The CWD Technician will be expected to communicate with a wide variety of individuals including the Regional coordinator, sportsmen/women, taxidermists, processors, landowners, professional biologists, wardens, personnel from other state and federal agencies and professional scientists from laboratories conducting testing procedures for the Wildlife Health Program.
• The technician must be knowledgeable on CWD and the agency’s plan for surveillance and management and be able to effectively communicate with FWP staff and the public. 
• The frequency of contacts varies but some type of public contact is engaged in on a daily basis. 

*Please check our website to see which locations are still available or call/text us at 406-443-7169*

Apply today for IMMEDIATE consideration for our Wildlife Field Technician positions!

Military & Veterans encouraged to apply