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Listing for Job Number: 3898    Job: Forestry Technician
Date Submitted:
January 23, 2006
Title:
Forestry Technician
Category:
Forestry
Name:
Sierra Pacific Industries
Term Length:
Summer 2006
Location:
Anderson, California
Degree:
N/A
Other:
Enrollment or acceptance in a Forestry, Natural Resources, or related program of study is preferred.
Misc:
Type:
Temporary
Documentation Needed:
Please send cover letter and resume. Based on the information submitted in the resumes, only the most qualified applicants will be contacted by Sierra Pacific Industries.

Contact Address:
Susan Witherspoon, Sierra Pacific Industries, P.O. Box 496014, Redding, CA 96049-6014
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Fax:
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Description:
The Forestry Technician's primary duty will be variable plot cruising. The work is arduous by nature in that the cruiser must cross-country hike and negotiate steep, brushy terrain to establish sample plots.

Other duties may include calibrating, installing and downloading various sensing devices to monitor watercourses and surrounding areas, maintaining stream water quality equipment, microclimate equipment and fire weather stations, taking drainage profiles, tree planting, and lab work.

Forestry Technicians may also establish and maintain seed orchards and progeny sites. Cone collecting or other forest management tasks may also be assigned as well.

Salary:
Competitive.
Benefits:
Equipment and Provisions: All equipment necessary to complete an assigned task will be provided by SPI, including company trucks. Employees must provide their own cruiser vest and boots. Meals and lodging will be provided by SPI if the employee is assigne
Deadline:
postmarked by March 1, 2006


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