Wilderness Fuels Module Crew Lead

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of three years’ combined fi eld experience in forest or other natural resource management, this may include but is not limited to biological research, survey work, land conservation, or wildland fire.
• Minimum 18 months experience with crew leadership, oversight/safety management;
• Minimum 6 months data collection methods;
• Experience with utilizing non-mechanized equipment (crosscut saws, axes, etc.) to perform fuels reduction (i.e. felling and bucking);
• Minimum Faller 1 or equivalent (minimum Class A);
• Experience with maintenance of non-mechanized tools and ability to teach others appropriate tool maintenance techniques;
• Familiarity with mixed conifer forests and the ability to identify common tree species in the northern Sierra Nevada and southern Cascades or willingness to learn necessary skills;
• Ability to use compasses, topographic maps, and handheld GPS units or tablets to navigate and collect data in the field;
• Ability to interpret and communicate stand prescriptions;
• Good physical conditioning to work and walk in the forest all day carrying day-packs with equipment during all types of weather;
• Ability to live in a campsite setting for eight days at a time;
• An ability to bring adaptability and improvisation, critical thinking skills, creativity, and humor to the workplace;
• Ability to effectively work with diverse teams or with diverse groups of people;
• Ability to effectively serve as a field supervisor for other staff while also conducting implementation activities;
• Ability to be punctual, diligent, and thorough in their work and support a similarly strong work ethic amongst crew members;
• Ability to perform physically taxing work in all weather conditions in rugged mountainous environments;
• Interest in, or familiarity with, principles of Wilderness land management;
• Possess a valid, clean, state-issued driver’s license, with an ability to safely operate a 4WD vehicle;
• Full COVID vaccination status (vaccinated and boosted).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with the use and maintenance of crosscut saw and other non-mechanized equipment;.
• Current wilderness medical training certification (e.g., WFA, WFR, WEMT);
• Leave No Trace or other backcountry ethics training;
• Certification in S-212 (Federal Wildland Chainsaws).

WORKING CONDITIONS & PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

This full-time field position will be based in Lassen Volcanic National Park. The crew will implement prescriptions developed by a team of natural resource professionals dedicated to field reduction and reintroduction of fire in the novel landscape of LAVO.

The incumbent will be expected to walk 4-8 miles per day with a field pack, ample water, and tools over rough terrain and in variable weather conditions, which will likely include high temperatures in the summer months and can quickly drop to dramatically colder temperatures in the fall months.

Strenuous and repetitive physical effort will be associated with fuels reduction activities, including the use of a crosscut saw and rearrangement of fuels. Occasional lifting of up to 50 pounds may be required for piling and rearranging large downed wood.

While working, the incumbent will be provided a base camp within Lassen Volcanic National Park.