Job Description and Duties
This position will assist permanent staff at the Warm Springs and Coyote Valley Fish Hatcheries as needed including the following duties:
- Feeding and caring for juvenile and adult fish
- Cleaning fish rearing tanks, pick up dead fish, and keep simple records of fish losses
- Monitoring condition and behavior of fish and notifying supervisor and/or permanent staff of any potential problems
- Monitoring in-flowing water conditions, alerting supervisor and/or permanent staff of potential problems
- Caring for steelhead eggs and fish at various stages of development
- Measuring/weighing eggs and fish and assessing their health and condition
- Alerting supervisors and/or permanent staff of potential problems while doing health assessments
- Assisting with fish weight counts, grading, inventorying, loading, and planting of fish
- In the absence of permanent staff at the site, assuming more responsibility for site activities such as fish stocking
- Cleaning incubator stacks, jars, fish rearing units and equipment
- Using handheld power tools to perform basic maintenance at the facility, and performing a variety of maintenance and repair tasks that include: weeding, mowing, painting, plumbing, grounds care, cleaning and maintaining buildings and equipment; welding (gas, arc and tig), fabricating equipment out of wood and metal; and operating gas and electrical powered equipment and hand tools -- drills, saws, and sanders.