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Forestry Technician
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$255k-$275kDetected 29 days ago
About the role
- Forestry Technician
- Type: Full-time
- Reports To: Forestry Technician Crew Lead
Responsibilities
- Support Mountain Pine Beetle and other bark beetle surveys.
- Organize, review, and submit field data to support quality control, reporting, and mapping.
Requirements
- Assist with pheromone trap setup, monitoring, collection, and related insect survey work as required.
- Other duties as required.
- Pre-employment drug testing required for safety sensitive positions.
Skills
- Pay rate of $255- $275 per day, paid hourly.
- Overtime, statutory holiday, and vacation pay.
- Work 10 days on with 4 days off.
- Paid travel time, per diem and accommodations when away from home.
- Employee ownership plan.
- All equipment and tools supplied.
- Comprehensive training and career development opportunities.
Compensation
- $255k-$275k
Benefits
- Previous forestry, forest health, environmental, vegetation management, or natural resource field experience is preferred.
- Post-secondary education in natural resources, forestry or a related field is an asset.
- Conduct forest health surveys to identify insect and disease damage, assess tree condition, and support field-based monitoring programs.
- Identify signs of pests, diseases, and other environmental stressors that could affect forest health.
- Collect plot samples for insect, disease, defoliator, and other forest health assessments.
Company info
- Spectrum Resource Group (SRG), a business unit of Wright Canada Holdings, Spectrum Resource Group is an integrated vegetation management (IVM) solutions provider with expertise in vegetation management, forest management, and reforestation.
- We provide these services to federal, provincial, regional, local and Indigenous governments, to the forestry, energy, mines, petroleum, transportation and utility sectors, and to numerous regional invasive species organizations across Canada.
- Why Wright Canada Holdings:
- SRG is a business unit of an employee-owned company formed in 2017, known as Wright Canada Holdings (WCH).
- The Wright family of companies, established in 1933 in the United States, includes Wright Tree Service®, Wright Outdoor Solutions®, Eocene Environmental Group℠, Eocene Environmental Group of the West, Wright Tree Service of the West, Wright Tree Service of Puerto Rico, Wright Canada Holdings and commonly seen brands, such as Spectrum Resource Group, ArborCare and Verdure Elements.
- Our hiring practices ensure that all qualified candidates are considered, and decisions are merit-based.
- We invite applicants of all racial and ethnic backgrounds, ancestry, religious beliefs, gender/gender identity, sexual orientation, age, family/marital status, and physical and mental disabilities.
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