Fish Hatchery Specialist ; In-Training - Naselle Hatchery

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Classification-Fish Hatchery Specialist 2 – (In-Training)
Job Status-Full-Time - Permanent
WDFW Program- Fish Program – Hatcheries Division
Duty Station- Naselle, Washington – Pacific County – Naselle Hatchery
Housing-No Additional Housing Available
Standby- Not Currently Assigned
In-Training –We are recruiting to hire at the Fish Hatchery Specialist 1 or 2 level, and we will train a Fish Hatchery Specialist 1 up to the Fish Hatchery Specialist 2.
Salary-Fish Hatchery Specialist 1 Range: $3,581.00 - $4,771.00 – Fish Hatchery Specialist 2 Range: $3,925.00 - $5,271.00

Learn more about being a member of Team WDFW !

This is an opportunity to build your knowledge and gain hands-on experience in hatchery operations at the Naselle Hatchery.

In this role, you’ll support a variety of scientific and technical tasks at trap sites throughout the hatchery complex. You’ll also play an active role in the rearing of both anadromous and non-anadromous fish species.

What to Expect-
Among the varied range of responsibilities held within this role, the Fish Hatchery Specialist will,

Perform Fish Culture:

• Calculate and feed fish according to pond populations and weight samples. Adjust feed size and amount fed as needed.
• Monitor fish behavior and health.
• Monitor egg and fish production and disinfect and enumerate eggs.
• Identifies, sorts, and samples species for spawning and adult distribution.
• Clean ponds and raceways, troughs, and incubator systems to maintain fish health.
• Perform fish inventories, splits, grading, marking trailer inventories, weight samples and plants.
• Collect adult mortality and fill out correct head tags for brood stock and enter data into hatchery documents and fish books.
• Conduct remote trapping and spawning operations, including transport of equipment and gametes.
• Track temperature units (TU’s) and monitor chillers to adjust TU’s, including tracking thermal marks.
• Receive eggs and samples and distributes them into rearing vessels at correct loadings as well as ponds fry according to proper TU’s.
• Incubate eggs using a variety of vessels including, shallow troughs, isolation buckets, upwelling incubators and vertical trays.
• Scan fish for various tags using coded wire tag (CWT) wands, passive integrated transponder (PIT) tag detectors, and other tag associated equipment.

Record Keeping and Reporting:

• Accurately fills out and submits agency forms such as fish transfer tickets, hatchery invoice forms and other relevant forms.
• Assist or develops forms or spreadsheets for more efficient record keeping.
• Perform water quality analysis and discharge monitoring reports (DMR) as required by the Department of Ecology to maintain hatchery discharge permits (NPDES).
• Maintain purchasing card account, ledger of hatchery expenses, and complete order payment forms for vendor payments.

Operation and Maintenance of Facility and Equipment:

• Maintain proper water flow and rearing environments.
• Monitor and maintain facility support systems i.e., diesel generators, domestic and ozone water treatment plants, alarm panels and other support systems.
• Apply herbicides or controlled burning for weed control.
• Maintain hatchery housing such as building/maintaining fences, plumbing and minor electrical repairs and road access to residences, hatchery by plowing, grading, and snow blowers.
• Operate forklifts, tractors, yard maintenance equipment, fish pumps and common power tools
• Design/fabricate needed hatchery equipment such as fish racks, weirs, intakes screens, fish transfer equipment, adult fish gates, etc., using metal, aluminum, plastic, and wood.

Working Conditions:

Work Setting, including hazards:

• Work outdoors in all weather conditions for approximately 250 days per year. Weather conditions may include rain, snow, sun, darkness, and high/low temperatures.
• At times this position will repetitively lift at least 50lbs.
• Use a respirator and other personal protective equipment (PPE) while working with various chemicals used at facility.
• This position may involve working in or near water,…