The Kōke'e Resource Conservation Program's Field Technician II conducts alien plant monitoring, removal, survey and control at worksites located within the Kōkeʻe, Waimea Canyon, and Nā Pali State Parks, and surrounding Forestry Reserve and Alakaʻi Wilderness Preserve on the island of Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi.

   Full job description can be found on our website: https://www.krcp.org/employment

Status: Full-Time, Permanent

Compensation: Starting $19.50 per hour

      Duties:

• Assist with natural resource management field operations which includes the removal and treatment of noxious and invasive alien plants using mechanical and chemical techniques.
• Participate in special-use helicopter operations that include transport of external loads, low-elevation surveys, and remote/hover landings.
• Assist in maintaining ungulate proof fences, performs inspections of existing fences, and conducts repair Maintain company vehicles, field equipment, facilities, and communication systems
• Responsible for preparing, safe handling, storage, and clean-up of herbicides.
• Assist with GPS mapping, data collection, and data entry
• Enters field data into multiple databases, including conventional Geographic Information System (GIS) software.
• Ensure compliance with all Hawaii State Parks and Forestry rules and safety procedures.
• Assist with interpretive hikes, outreach events, and fundraising efforts to help build good community relations
• Supervise activities of volunteers in the field.
• Orient volunteers and provide daily safety briefing.
• Effectively teach volunteers identification of native and non-native plants, and treatment methods for target invasive.
• Keep written daily records, map areas worked, and file accident reports as necessary.
• Track inventory and order field supplies and equipment as needed.
• Drive off-road vehicles, do strenuous hiking in rough terrain and through dense vegetation, sometimes in inclement weather, with a backpack weighing up to 35 pounds.