Natural & Trails Technician - Fire Mitigation

Natural Areas & Trails Technician I - Fire Mitigation

Greeley, CO, United States

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Anticipated Hiring Range: $19.57 - $22.55 hourly

Benefits:
This position is benefits eligible. Please view our benefits guidehere .

• This position is a full-time, term-limited position funded for 1 year from the date of hire, with the possibility of becoming permanent if additional funding is approved at a later date. This position is benefit eligible.

Job Summary:

The Natural Areas & Trails (NAT) division, within the City’s Culture, Parks and Recreation Department manages over 2,000 acres of natural areas and the city’s 30-mile trail system including eleven miles of the regional Poudre River Trail. This growing program is seeking a passionate, creative, and motivated professional to join the team as a Natural Areas & Trails Technician l, to strive toward NAT’s vision of a community connected to nature.

This technician will act as part of the NAT maintenance crew, with work primarily focused on tasks related to wildfire mitigation in the City’s natural areas and adjacent properties. Management tasks may include fire mitigation mowing, chemical application, and native vegetation management (approx. 75% of time). The Technician I will also complete maintenance tasks including landscape maintenance, hard and soft surface maintenance, amenity repairs and upkeep, snow removal, irrigation repairs, small equipment use and preventative maintenance and special event assignments (approx.

25% of time).

Experience, Knowledge,

Skills:

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Intermediate knowledge (1-3 years) of introduced and noxious plant management practices.
• Obtain a chemical qualified supervisor’s license in Rangeland, Right of Way, and Aquatic
  categories within the first 90 days of employment if applicant does not currently possess one.
• Ability to recognize and analyze safety hazards in landscapes through visual and physical
  inspection.
• Valid driver’s license required and without any driving restrictions
• The ability to operate large machinery and vehicles independently.

OR

• Any combination of related education, experience, certifications and licenses that will result in a
  candidate successfully performing the essential functions of the job, AND
• Possession of a valid driver’s license.

Preferred

• Experience applying pesticides (1-3 years), with current commercial applicator’s license.
• Snow removal best practices with various equipment and hand tools.
• Proficient in the use of field data collection software (Survey 123, Field Map, GIS, GPS,
  Workforce, etc.).

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of Colorado native, non-native and designated noxious plant species.
• Able to perform mathematical calculations as it relates to chemical applications and basic
  carpentry.
• Hand tools commonly used in ecosystem restoration, basic carpentry and snow removal.
• Use of tools including Snow blowers, ATV and UTV, Spray equipment, Trucks and trailers,
  ATV/UTV mounted snowplows, Tractors with mowing, seeding, grading, excavation, tillage and
  cleaning implements.
• Common gas and electric powered landscape maintenance tools, i.e. mower, blower, string
  trimmer, chainsaw, etc.

Essential Functions:

• Conducts fire mitigation duties including mowing and applying pesticides to property line buffers.
  Operate tractors, walk behind mowers, and string trimmers used for mowing.
• Drives trucks and ATVs with a spray rig used for chemical applications, along with hand
  equipment.
• Use of chainsaw and hand saws for fire mitigation tree removal, noxious weeds, and post-storm
  clean up.
• Utilizes Integrated Pest Management (IPM) to effectively control invasive weed species through
  chemical, mechanical, cultural, and biological controls.
• Assists in planting and seeding projects including site and soil prep and vegetation care.
• Leads seasonal, volunteer, and partner agency crews in weed removal.
• Performs routine landscape duties including repairing irrigation systems, string trim, aeration,
  mowing, shelter maintenance, and site cleanup.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Travel

• Category B-Regular Local/Field Based Travel:
  This position requires regular travel within the County and
  nearby cities.…