CLOSED: Predator Control Field Crew, Glenorchy

Full-time, fixed-term position to June 2024

This is an enterprising landscape scale conservation and human well-being project, aiming to provide both employment opportunities and game changing outcomes for biodiversity conservation in the region..

We are seeking field crew to work in Glenorchy to:

• Install new trap lines in the backcountry.
• Maintain and clear existing and new traplines.
• Install and monitor live capture traps.
• Dispatch caught cats, possums, hedgehogs.
• Construct traps.
• Monitor biodiversity.
• And do other general bio-diversity enhancement tasks.

Key attributes to succeed in this role:

• A high level of fitness and the ability to carry heavy loads.
• Being comfortable working both solo and as a small team for extended periods in the backcountry in variable weather conditions.
• Experience with firearms.
• NZ firearms licence (or be in the process of obtaining one).
• Commitment to conservation.
• The ability to stay overnight in the backcountry when required.
• Be familiar in use of a map and compass/GPS.
• Commitment to excellent health & safety practices
• Hold a current driver’s licence.
• Willingness to handle dead rats.

A current First Aid certificate would also be advantageous.

For a copy of the Job Descriptions and to Apply, contact gsdworkforce@bungy.co.nz.

Applications close: Thursday, 14^th July 2022.

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