FWFC08-12816-Fish Culturist-Statewide

• Entry-level position is responsible for producing fish for sport fishing programs and native fish restoration.
• Position responsibilities include fish egg care and shipment, feeding and thinning fish, cleaning fish rearing facilities, fish distribution to other fish culture stations or stocking sites, and assist in captive and wild spawning operations outside of the facility.
• Utilize and improve fish culture techniques to spawn, propagate, and distribute quality fish to meet statewide needs.
• Operate various distribution units including a 300-gallon pickup tank, 650-gallon tank truck, large single and tandem axle diesel tank trucks, and assist with statewide distribution as needed.
• Assist in facility and equipment maintenance and upkeep.
• Participates in daily facility maintenance, including buildings, grounds, and rearing units.
• Facility responsibilities are 24 hrs/day on a rotational basis including water supply monitoring and managing water enhancement equipment.
• Live on-site to monitor and protect facility and wildlife resources, often outside traditional business hours.
• Keep accurate daily records, preparing monthly reports, and assists in station planning as delegated.
• Assists in the calculation and application of chemicals for bio-security management, fish disease prevention, and treatment.
• Maintain good public relations not only concerning fish but on a variety of department-wide topics.
• Conducts tours and interacts with the public, both on and off the assigned work station.
• Assists other Game and Fish work units, which may require travel and stay away from home unit overnight.
• Attend meetings, seminars, and various training to keep up with department and fish culture issues and technology.
• Keep abreast of Department and State policies and procedures.
• Supervises a limited time contract position occasionally.

• Knowledge of proper fish culture techniques in spawning, egg handling, fish rearing, fish stocking, and broodstock management.
• Knowledge of fish biology, fish physiology, and water chemistry parameters.
• Knowledge of State statutes, Department regulations and policies, and fiscal procedures.

• Required to live at a fish culture facility and be available 24 hours a day on work rotation.
• Ability to work in cold and wet conditions in and around water.
• Ability to lift fifty pounds.
• Ability to respond to facility requirements at any time, day or night.
• Once CDL is obtained, the Department of Transportation medical exam is required to be maintained for employment.

• FLSA: Exempt
• Housing is provided as a condition of employment for the benefit of the state in order to protect the facility and the fish being reared.