Job Title:  Depredation/Nuisance Tech
Location:  Utah County

Job Description:
Are you a natural resource professional who likes to be part of a team whose core values are integrity, professionalism, accountability, teamwork, and cooperation?  If you are goal oriented, have a passion for wildlife, and know how to help others succeed, then a Wildlife Technician with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) is the job for you!  As a Wildlife Technician, you will implement the depredation and nuisance program as part of a team of motivated professionals that comply with the mission, goals, and objectives of the DWR. You will also create and strengthen local partnerships with members of the public, and private land owners.

Principal Duties:

• Works closely with landowners, conservation organizations, DWR personnel, federal, state, and local governments to plan and accomplish the goals and objectives in state laws, rules, policies and work plans. 
• Respond to and address depredation situations involving terrestrial wildlife species. 
• Fill out GM-19's  and obtain signatures from landowners of lessee's.   
• Respond to nuisance wildlife calls •Immobilize and transport nuisance wildlife as needed.

• A Bachelors degree or higher in a wildlife science or other directly related field is preferred. 
• Excellent communication, public relations, and conflict resolution skills to develop and maintain working relationships with private landowners in . difficult and emotional situations. 
• Knowledge of wildlife damage prevention techniques and trapping methods. • Knowledge of farming, ranching, and agricultural practices. Difficult and emotional situations. 
• The ability to effectively trap, euthanize with a firearm, and remove offending animals, ability to field dress wildlife. 
• Excellent teamwork attitude; willing to give assistance to co-workers when needed.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be able to safely handle and capture wildlife.
• Be proficient in using Microsoft Office and Google Suite.
• Weigh the relative costs and benefits of a potential action.
• Make decisions or solve problems by using logic to identify key facts, explore alternatives, and propose meaningful solutions.
• Understand applicable laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Have great oral and written communication skills.
• Understand principles, theories, and practices of wildlife science. 
• Understand the ecology of wildlife, domestic animals, and habitats.
• Compose and produce reports and written documents.
• Understand agency.....

• Education - BS degree in wildlife, natural resources or closely related field preferred.
• Experience with chemical immobilization.
• First Aid and CPR Training.

• Employees will sometimes be working in extreme weather conditions, at night, some weekends and holidays. The work requires considerable and strenuous physical exertion such as frequent climbing, crouching or crawling in restricted areas, defending oneself and/or others against physical attack. Physically demanding position that includes heavy lifting up to 75lbs. Requires an extensive amount of walking and hiking with an ability to operate snowmobiles, ATV's, and fork lifts.
• Risks which require the use of special safety precautions and/or equipment, e.g., working around operating machines, working with contagious diseases or hazardous chemicals, etc.
• Chemical Immobilization training, First Aid and CPR Training, and Firearms training after hire.
• Occasional twenty-four hour on call, emergency call outs, nights, weekends, holidays and travel are required for this position.