Job Description
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About Our Job
These are on-call positions that will work no more than 39 hours per week and are not eligible for benefits.
Denver Parks & Recreation’s Forestry and Natural Resources division is seeking two Seasonal Natural Resources Workers to support Denver Mountain Parks. These positions will perform a variety of skilled and semi-skilled duties in the management of city and county forests, including fuels reduction, forest management planning, noxious weed treatments, and many other forestry/natural resources tasks.
These positions will report to the Mountain Parks Headquarters at 300 Union Ave., Morrison, CO 80465. These positions will work Monday – Friday, 7:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
DPR recognizes the importance of diversity in the representation of our organization to best serve our customers and community. To that end, DPR is committed to:
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- Examining department policies and processes that value diverse perspectives and eliminate barriers to inclusion
- Identifying where inequities exist and implementing strategies to ensure equitable outcomes
- Strengthening diversity in Parks and Recreation services by transforming policies to institutionalize equity
- Reinvesting in resources aimed at ensuring DPR is an equitable and just organization
Job duties and responsibilities of these positions include, but are not limited to, the following:
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- Perform cruising and data collection for forest-wide inventory
- Operate a chainsaw for thinning, firewood, insect/disease, and fire mitigation
- Assist with fire mitigation and forest health service contract layout and management including cruising, boundary delineation, and marking
- Operate various GPS and GIS applications
- Implement vegetation management prescriptions including pesticide applications, plant assessments, inventory, and monitoring
- Mix, load and apply herbicides in a safe manner
- Perform general labor including fence, facility, and equipment maintenance
About You
We are seeking self-motivated individuals who are team players and are looking to expand their forestry experience. Additionally, our ideal candidates will have:
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- A degree or coursework completed toward a degree in forestry or another related natural resources field
- Forestry field experience
- Tree species identification experience
- Native plant species and invasive plant species identification experience
- Technical report writing and editing skills
- Strong attention to detail and excellent time management and organizational skills
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to operate a 4-wheel drive vehicle in variable weather and road conditions
- Ability or willingness to learn to operate chainsaws, logging equipment, and other forestry equipment
- Ability and willingness to perform strenuous outdoor work in a variety of weather conditions
- National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) S-130/190 Wildfire training
- NWCG Wildland Fire Chainsaws Training S-212
- Pesticide applicators license or ability/desire to attain license
- A valid Commercial Driver’s License
Coleman Loughery | Forestry Program Coordinator
Denver Mountain Parks | Denver Parks and Recreation | City and County of Denver
p: (720) 865-0839 | coleman.loughery | c: (303) 968-5433