Student Trainee (Wilderness Ranger)
Full-time
Fresh/Entry Level
18 hours ago
Duties include but are not limited to: Performs regular wilderness and.....
Duties include but are not limited to:
- Performs regular wilderness and backcountry patrols as a trainee or under the direction of other wilderness rangers ranging from day trips to multi-day overnight camping trips, via foot. Routine backcountry patrol duties and responsibilities include: collecting inventory and monitoring data and evaluations, patrol reports, visitor contacts, routine trail maintenance, and inspection, inventory, and repair of backcountry facilities (campgrounds, pit toilets, and patrol cabins). Incumbent will be expected to assist with search and rescue (SAR) operations and perform emergency medical services (EMS) as needed.
- Assisting other wilderness rangers as a trainee with various projects in the backcountry in each district as needs arise. Examples would include evaluation and rehabilitation of campsite facilities, pit toilets, and/or trail infrastructure. Other duties include vegetation monitoring, wilderness character monitoring, campsite evaluations, and backcountry resource impacts.
- Assisting with field implementation of the Wilderness Implementation Schedule (WIS) as a student trainee, which are the strategies for managing the wilderness and backcountry park wide. Assist with wilderness character monitoring using Glacier's wilderness character monitoring format.
- As a trainee monitoring bear activity and participating in bear management training and entering data into the Bear Management Inventory and Monitoring System (BIMS). May also participate in other park training in EMS, SAR, and Backcountry Operations as a trainee.
- Become trained in Leave No Trace outdoor ethics and be able to demonstrate and explain to visitors.
Starting at $16.95 Per Hour (GS 4)
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