
Position Details
Job Code #: JC-491361
Position #(s):
542-720-1060-910
Working Title: Forestry Aide- General - Resources Management/Resource Protection and Improvement/Wildfire Resilience
Classification: FORESTRY AIDE
$3,653.00 - $4,517.00
Under the supervision of the Forester II (Supervisory), the Forestry Aide regularly performs subprofessional work related to the Cone, Seed, and Nursery operations at the Lewis A Moran (L.A. Moran) Reforestation Center. Duties include, but not limited to:
Duties and Responsibilities
- Assists with cone collection, seed processing, and laboratory work.
- Assist with cone sampling, working in a physically demanding environment, in rough/uneven terrain, with harsh weather to collect cones. Performs cone cutting tests, turning cone sacks, preparation of cones for drying
via solar or kiln drying, tumbling cones for seed extraction, and spent cone handling.
- Processes seed to include screening, dewinging, upgrading with air separation equipment, hand cleaning, and other methods as required for all species at the Center.
- Operates equipment associated with cone and seed processing including forklift, tumbler, kiln, dewinger,
screen machines, x-ray and monitor, air separators, balances, bander, air compressors, generators, and other equipment.
- Conducts monitoring and keeps detailed records of cone and seed processes to include measuring seed moisture content, drying of seeds, seed per pound calculations, purity percentages, calculating germination percentages, and preparing seeds for long term storage and or/shipping.
- Provides direction to crews from the California Conservation Corps and/or Conservation camps as needed for seed processing activities.
- Assists with nursery and facility operations.
- Assist with seed stratification, sowing, irrigation, germination counts, moving seedlings from greenhouses to shadehouses, seedling thinning, equipment maintenance and sanitization, data entry and quality control, seedling lifting and assisting customers with seedling pick up.
- Contributes to upkeep of seed orchard, landscaping,
and facility and grounds maintenance as needed.
- Provides direction to crews from the
California Conservation Corps and/or Conservation camps as needed for nursery activities.
These are the essential functions for this position. Essential functions are those functions that the individual who holds the position must be able to perform unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation.
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