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Title | Wilderness Inventory Technician - Temporary |
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Reporting to the Central Idaho Representative, the Wilderness Inventory Technician plays a key role in helping inventory potential Lands with Wilderness Character (“LWC”) in the Bureau of Land Management’s (“BLM”) Salmon and Challis Field Offices and potential Recommended Wilderness areas (“RW”) on the Salmon-Challis National Forest (“SCNF”). The Technician is responsible for representing The Wilderness Society within the region by inventorying potential LWCs and RWs, creating potential LWC and RW inventory reports, keeping regular contact with TWS staff, BLM field office staff, and SCNF staff, and building relationships with community leaders and stakeholders in Lemhi, Custer and Butte Counties. Building and maintaining relationships will be crucial to the success of this project. Essential Duties & Responsibilities
QUALIFICATIONS
PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is often required to hike with a backpack; camp and cook in remote and isolated locations in rural Idaho; drive 4WD vehicles on rough dirt roads; stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision. WORK ENVIRONMENT Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee will be working both in an office setting and in a field setting. While in the field, the employee will regularly be required to be in isolated and remote locations in rural Idaho that are difficult to access and may have no opportunity for outside communication. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is sometimes exposed to adverse weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the position of Wilderness Inventory Technician and it is not intended to be an exhaustive list of experience, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position. |