STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: BIOLOGICAL AIDE
Class Code: 1071-13
Date Established: 10-20-95
Occupational Code: 9-4-2
Date of Last Revision: 02-22-06
BASIC PURPOSE: To organize and maintain research data
for an assigned fisheries or game research program and to repair and maintain
equipment necessary in work related to fish and wildlife management.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Collects biological
and physical information on inland, marine and terrestrial environments to aid
in research or management plans.
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Determines location
and material needed for collection efforts and determines the number of fish
necessary to attain specified egg requirements.
·
Constructs and
installs slotted pipes in beaver dams for the purpose of stabilizing water
levels in areas where beavers are a problem.
·
Tabulates data on
wildlife species such as bear and deer; assists Biologist in the operation of
deer checking stations during deer season.
·
Stocks and
distributes fish to designated locations.
·
Interviews anglers
for recreational fishing surveys.
·
Maintains collection
gear and equipment associated with specific projects.
·
Assists in studies of
wildlife resources involving production and population trends, age, sex ratios,
feeding, and general habitat conditions of fish or wildlife.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in recommending routine
changes in standardized operating procedures OR in retrieving, compiling and
reporting data according to established procedures OR in operating complex
machines.
Knowledge: Requires understanding and using
business or trades vocabulary or basic arithmetic to perform standard operating
procedures.
Impact: Requires responsibility for
contributing to agency objectives by ensuring the accuracy of support
activities within one or more organizational units. Errors at this level affect the work of others or have
measurable monetary consequences, and require verification and correction in
order to complete succeeding work operations.
Supervision: Requires partial supervision of other
employees doing work which is related or similar to the supervisor, including
assigning job duties, providing training, giving instructions and checking
work.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in an adverse working environment containing a combination of
disagreeable elements which impact significantly upon the employee's capacity
for completing work assignments.
This level includes work-related accidents or assault.
Physical Demands: Requires medium work, including
continuous strenuous activities such as frequent reaching, bending, or lifting
as well as performing work activities which require fine manual dexterity or
coordination in operating machines or equipment.
Communication: Requires obtaining and exchanging
information, referring inquiries to the appropriate source, or responding to
questions from state employees or members of the general public.
Complexity: Requires a combination of job functions
to establish facts, to draw daily operational conclusions, or to solve
practical problems. This level
also requires providing a variety of alternative solutions where only limited
standardization exists.
Independent Action: Requires a range of choice in applying
a number of technical or administrative policies under general direction and in
making routine decisions or in recommending modifications in work procedures
for approval by supervisor.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Completion of high school, G.E.D. or
its equivalent. Each additional
year of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of required
work experience.
Experience: Three years' experience in fisheries or
wildlife conservation, commercial fishing, landscaping, carpentry, agriculture,
outdoor recreation, or park management, including experience in operating or
maintaining equipment.
License/Certification: Valid Driver’s License required.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of fish and game control
operations. Knowledge of fish and
wildlife common to the woods and streams of the state. Knowledge of proper procedures in the
woods and field operations for the prevention of loss of wildlife and for own
protection. Knowledge of rough
carpentry. Ability to operate and
repair equipment such as snow machines, boats and other types of equipment used
in Fish and Game operations.
Ability to prepare comprehensive records. Ability to work outdoors in manual labor. Ability to supervise subordinate
employees. Ability to follow
instructions. Ability to establish
and maintain effective working relationships with other employees and the
public. Must be willing to
maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as
determined by the agency appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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