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OPS BIOLOGICAL SCIENTIST I - FWC - 77907293
Date: Jun 18, 2021
Location: PORT CHARLOTTE, FL, US, 33954
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Requisition No: 402401
Agency: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC)
Working Title: OPS BIOLOGICAL SCIENTIST I - FWC - 77907293
Position Number: 77907293
Salary: $14.00/hr.
Posting Closing Date: 07/05/2021
Open Competitive Opportunity
This is an OPS (Other Personal Service) position. It is considered a full-time position, working 40 hrs./week. Occasional overtime hours may occur. Hours
worked over 40 per week, Friday to Thursday, are considered overtime and are paid @ 1.5 times the regular wage. This position, located
in Port Charlotte participates in Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Marine Mammal Research program in a ten-county area along the southwest Florida coast.
Duties include: fielding
calls from FWC Law Enforcement, other agencies, and the general public regarding marine mammals, particularly manatees and cetaceans; verification of mortalities and distressed manatees and cetaceans, potentially in need of rescue; recovery and field workup/examination
of carcasses, with some transportation of those carcasses to the Marine Mammal Pathobiology Laboratory (in St. Petersburg) or to the Southwest Field Lab for necropsy; participation in rescues and transportation of sick and injured manatees and cetaceans to
appropriate facility; performing and assisting with field necropsies when appropriate; vehicle, trailer and boat maintenance; photographing and sketching manatees at winter refugia and known warm weather habitat areas on the southwest coast; entering and/or
mapping data such as carcasses using software such as ArcGIS, Excel, Access and Word; completing paperwork including time sheets, manatee carcass and rescue reports, and technical reports; participate in manatee aerial surveys and tracking projects, assisting
with manatee outreach programs such as presentations for local groups and agencies as time permits and with supervisor approval; general cleaning of office and equipment, attend trainings, seminars and meetings, and other tasks assigned by supervisor.
Minimum Qualifications: A
bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in one of the biological sciences.
**Preference may be given
to individuals who have live and dead marine mammal stranding/necropsy experience. Experience with dissection, pathology, and/or animal necropsies is preferred. Experience with live marine mammal stranding responses is preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
WHAT IS OPS EMPLOYMENT? Other
Personal Services (OPS) temporary employer/employee relationship used solely for accomplishing short term or intermittent tasks. OPS employees do not fill established positions and may not be assigned the duties of any vacant authorized position. OPS employees
are at-will employees and are subject to actions such as pay changes, changes to work assignment and terminations at the pleasure of the agency head or designee.
WHAT BENEFITS ARE APPLICABLE TO OPS EMPLOYEES?
WHAT BENEFITS ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO OPS EMPLOYEES?
The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.
Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or
People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section
112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.
Nearest Major Market: Fort
Myers
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