Creel Surveyors (Full Time)

Company

North Coast-Skeena First Nations Stewardship Society

Description

North Coast-Skeena First Nations Stewardship Society requires a Creel Crew of up to five surveyors for seasonal full and part-time employment from May 1st through to August 31, 2021, to staff the Area 3 and 4 creel survey program operating in the Prince Rupert area.

Duties include the following:

• Conduct dock-side interviews with anglers returning from recreational fishing trips to collect fishing activity data
• Careful handling of anglers recreational catch
• Accurately identify recreational catch, including species caught and quantity
• Collecting biological samples, such as scales and lengths, from selected species
• Inspecting chinook and coho salmon catch for clipped adipose fins
• Collecting heads from chinook or coho salmon with clipped adipose fins
• Documenting the number of boats returning from fishing trips passing through boat launches
• Creating legible and accurate records of information collected according to survey requirements
• Data review, correction, compilation and entry

Requirements include:

• Successful completion of high school education
• Ability to safely conduct work around water
• Ability to safely and respectfully interact with the public at boat launches
• Ability to accurately identify salmon, groundfish and shellfish species
• Data collection experience
• Class 5 driver’s licence with access to a vehicle
• Post-secondary education and past fisheries monitoring experience is an asset
• Computer literacy including experience with data entry and editing is an asset

Working Conditions are:

• Outdoors in all weather conditions
• On and around docks and boats
• Shift work, evenings and weekends

Closing Date

Mar 31, 2021

How to Apply

The closing date for applications is March 31, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. Please send applications to the attention of Cheryl Smith at:

North Coast-Skeena First Nations Stewardship Society Suite 363 – 309 2nd Avenue West

Prince Rupert BC, V8J 1H2 Fax: 250-624-8615 E-mail: administration@ncsfnss.ca

Qualified First Nation candidates are encouraged to apply. Training will be provided for successful candidates during a mandatory training session April 29 and 30, 2021.

NCSFNSS thanks all interested applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.