OPS F&W Technician
State of Florida
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Gainesville • Florida • United States
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Salary
💰 $20 per hour
About the role
- Work on two projects involving the review of drone video transects of wetlands
- Review ca. 200, 3-minute drone videos using ArcGIS Pro to identify and annotate all American coots and common gallinules within each video
- Depending on identification abilities, may annotate other species recorded in these videos
- Help deploy experimental distributions of waterfowl and waterbird decoys in natural wetlands at predetermined GPS locations
- Review ca. 210 drone videos of decoy distributions with ArcGIS Pro
- Receive two weeks of training on waterfowl and waterbird identification as well as the use of annotation tools within ArcGIS Pro such as the Image Analyst extension
- May take other training with FWC and complete tasks such as painting decoys, installing decoy anchors, and other field-related tasks in freshwater wetlands
Requirements
- A high school diploma
- Two years of post-high school experience in wildlife, fisheries, environmental, ecological or related agriculture or construction
- Vocational training or an Associate's degree in wildlife, fisheries, environmental, ecological or related agriculture or construction may substitute on a year-for-year basis for the required experience
- Knowledge in using Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
- Ability to either identify waterfowl and waterbird species native to Florida by sight or quickly learn to this skill
- Ability to spend four plus hours at a computer while still maintaining attention to detail in terms of annotation accuracy
- Ability to work independently
- Ability and desire to work in an extremely fast-paced, team environment
- Ability to multi-task, prioritize and meet deadlines
- Ability to act on changing priorities and responsibilities
- Ability to perform physical tasks such as carrying waterfowl decoys in wetlands for 50 meters or more.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others
- Ability to work with high attention to detail
- Ability to ask questions when they don’t know what tasks need to be done
- Skill of acting safely and calmly around large reptiles such as alligators and venomous snakes
- Skill of pacing workflow in a sustainable way
- Skill of summarizing weekly work output in short, ca. 30 minute, meetings
Benefits
- Health Premiums $25.00- Single / $90.00- Family Biweekly
- Low Cost $25,000 Life Insurance
- OPS FICA Alternative Retirement Plan
- On the Job Trainings
- Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
ArcGIS Proannotation toolswaterfowl identificationwaterbird identificationvideo reviewGPSMicrosoft Office WordMicrosoft Office ExcelMicrosoft Office Outlookattention to detail
Soft Skills
effective communicationindependenceteamworkmulti-taskingprioritizationdeadline managementadaptabilityrelationship buildingattention to detailproblem-solving