Biological Science Technician (Fish)

Duties

At the full performance level (GS-07) the major duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following:

• Participates in investigations of moderate complexity to determine fish population status, trends, age and growth, movement, survival, and behavior.
• Captures, applies visual and radio tags, and gathers biological, physiological and spatial data on fish/wildlife.
• Assists in planning and carrying out multifaceted fish and/or wildlife studies, field investigations and surveys.
• Monitors elements of the physical environment, such as temperature, precipitation, water flow, snow depth, wind speed, and humidity.
• Assists biologists in studying and preparing reports on effects to ecosystems from development proposals of local, state, and Federal government organizations.
• Develops and uses automated databases to enter, organize and perform preliminary analysis of collected data, using standard statistical methods in preparation of fish, wildlife, and/or botany reports.
• Provides basic information on fish and wildlife resources and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to groups and individuals.

Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.