CPW Technician IV/Elk and Deer Monitoring Area Technician Middle Park

Wildlife Technician

This position serves within CPW's Terrestrial Section as a wildlife technician coordinating and managing data collection in the Middle Park Area for the elk and deer survival monitoring areas. This position will make decisions necessary at the operational level to carry out field duties associated with the established elk and deer monitoring studies within Middle Park. This position will work as a member of a collaborative problem-solving team with biologists and district wildlife managers to coordinate animal capture operations, collar maintenance, monitoring, collar recovery, data entry, and annual reporting of findings as required by the operational and annual work plans. This position will also work with biologists and staff to provide data and input into wildlife management plans and recommendations and to mitigate any impacts on wildlife and habitats.

Wildlife Management Recommendations Formulates and presents wildlife management recommendations to CPW staff by collecting, compiling, analyzing, and interpreting biological data. Provides support in the form of data, reports, and comments to other CPW employees. Provides biological expertise through review of internal and external plans, environmental statements, and other decision documents.

Wildlife and Habitat Inventories Conduct wildlife and habitat inventories to guide local wildlife and habitat management decisions under the direction of other staff and biologists. Collect and analyze data to compile reports on wildlife abundance, demographics and distribution and/or habitat quantity and quality.

Wildlife Management and Habitat Studies Conducts or participates in wildlife and habitat management studies to gather biological data by planning studies, capturing, marking, monitoring wildlife populations and habitat, analyzing and interpreting results, completing reports, and delivering presentations.

Wildlife Habitat Management Work with Area biologists, habitat coordinators, and Area Wildlife Managers to implement habitat management programs and plans.

Wildlife Population Management Employs computer-based wildlife population models by interpretation and manipulation of data obtained from wildlife inventories, hunter harvest data, other field observations, and research results.

Educates and Informs the Public Educates and informs the public on all facets of wildlife and habitat management by disseminating wildlife information to hunters, wildlife constituents, schools, and public media, including newspapers and radio/television.

Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Minimum Qualifications

Four (4) years of relevant experience in Wildlife research, Wildlife management, Conservation Biology, Ecology, Wildlife Biology or an occupation related to the work assigned to the position

OR

A combination of related education in Natural Resources, Wildlife Management, Biology, Aquatic Biology/Fishery Science/Aquaculture/Fishery Management, Ecology, Environmental Science, Zoology/Animal Sciences and/or relevant experience in Wildlife research, Wildlife management, Conservation Biology, Ecology, Wildlife Biology or other relevant experience equal to four (4) years

*You must adequately demonstrate your experience in your application as it relates to the duties of this position. No formal college education is required.

Job Class: Technician Preferred Qualifications

• Current or former State experience relevant to this position
• Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing with supervisors, coworkers and the public.
• Ability to operate four-wheel drive vehicles, snow machines, ATVs, and UTVs.
• Ability to use GIS for mapping and analysis.

Required Competencies

• Organizational and time management skills
• Ability to use and operate computers and email
• This role requires conducting surveys that involve transportation in helicopters and fixed-winged aircraft, therefore low sensitivity to motion sickness is mandatory to meet the needs of this role. The ability for sustained flight time (10 hours with refueling breaks) in helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft on wildlife surveys. These flights are low-level and involve banked turns and turbulence.

Conditions of Employment

• State of Colorado residency is required at the time of application.
• This role requires conducting surveys that involve transportation in helicopters and fixed-winged aircraft, therefore low sensitivity to motion sickness is mandatory to meet the needs of this role.
• This role requires conducting surveys that involve transportation in helicopters and fixed-winged aircraft, therefore low sensitivity to motion sickness is mandatory to meet the needs of this role. The ability for sustained flight time (10 hours with refueling breaks) in helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft on wildlife surveys. These flights are low-level and involve banked turns and turbulence.
• Occasional travel for meetings, conferences, workshops, etc., will be required, approximately 10 nights per year.
• Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on the application and provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify their application from the current position. (Please Note: Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with DNR).
• Pursuant to the DNR-120 Fleet and Driving Standards Administrative Directive, any worker who will be expected to drive a State-owned vehicle is responsible for maintaining a safe driving record and a valid driver license prior to driving any State-owned vehicle. To be compliant with the new fleet vehicle policy, Motor Vehicle Records (MVRs) will be pulled for review for workers who:
• Have an assigned State fleet vehicle
• Are required to operate a vehicle as part of the position
• Utilize a State fleet vehicle as a pool vehicle

APPEAL RIGHTS: It is recommended that you contact the Human Resources Specialist listed below to resolve issues related to your possession of minimum qualifications. However, if you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director. An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative. This form must be delivered to the State Personnel Board by email (View email address on click.appcast.io), postmarked in US Mail or hand delivered (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or faxed View phone number on click.appcast.io) within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgement of the department's action. For more information about the appeals process, the official appeal form, and how to deliver it to the State Personnel Board; go to spb.colorado.gov; contact the State Personnel Board for assistance at View phone number on click.appcast.io; or refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes, at spb.colorado.gov under Rules.