Seasonal Field Technician

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Tri-County Cooperative Weed Management

La Grande, Oregon

Job Type: Full-Time (Seasonal)

Salary: $20-$24/hr

Start / End Dates: 04-01-26 to 10-01-26

Job Description: Duties may include, but are not limited to the following examples:

1. Herbicide application to control noxious weeds with a backpack and ATV sprayers. The Field Technician will be expected to work long days carrying a backpack sprayer in rough terrain. Some overnight camping trips required (no more than 3 nights at a time). Terrain may vary from riparian areas, forest, pastures, canyonlands, and rangeland. Project locations are located throughout Union, Baker, Wallowa and and Umatilla counties.

2. After training, the technician will be expected to mix and load herbicides and apply them according to label. Some knowledge of noxious weed species and native plants is required.

3. Survey, inventory, and map noxious weed infestations using handheld mapping devices. Survey may be done on foot, boat, or ATV. Survey may require long days of hiking in steep terrain.

4. Maintain mapping information, treatment records, and monitoring data using programs such as ArcGIS and Microsoft software. Extract and analyze data to inform project manager about effects of treatments and to provide feedback data to program partners and funding entities.

5. Assist with multiple outreach events including the Union County Crop Tour, County Fair booths, conference presentations, and landowner meetings.

Qualifications / Experience Level Required:

  • Some knowledge of native plants and noxious weeds
  • Experience operating ATV’s, trucks, trailers, and other restoration equipment.
  • Experience navigating in remote settings.
  • Ability to read topographic maps and use them for navigation.
  • Experience or education in agriculture, natural resources, rangeland ecology, biology, or a combination of education and work experience.
  • Some knowledge of herbicides and biological controls used in weed management; noxious weed species; federal and state statutes that govern noxious weed control activities; data collection and research techniques; and natural resource management are all preferred.

Housing: No

Contact:

Shanon Stockwell

541-624-5353

shanon@tricountycwma.org

Apply for This Position: http://tricountycwma.org

Application Closes: 07-01-26

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