RTRL Crew Lead

Position Title : Forestry Technician-Lead Crew Member - Reserved Treaty Rights Lands

Department : Forestry

Supervisor Title : Project Manager / Forestry Director

Salary Grade : DOE

Position Summary :

This position will assist the RTRL Program Coordinator in the protection of the resources of Santa Clara Pueblo by developing, maintaining, cultivating, and protecting forests, forest tract, and woodlands, and harvesting their products on Forests adjacent to or near the Santa Clara Pueblo Indian Reservation.

This job description is illustrative only of the responsibilities performed by this position and is not all inclusive.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Incumbent serves as a skilled working crew leader who supervises a module of 3-6 crew members on an engine or hand crew.
• Utilizes a variety of specialized tools, equipment and techniques while actively suppressing wildfires, implementing fuels reduction treatments and emergency stabilization treatments.
• Performs and supervises crew members in project work which may includes, tree planting, thinning and slashing, construction of one-rock dams, trail and fuel break construction, facility and grounds maintenance, road brushing, and fire hazard reduction.
• Performs and supervises crewmembers in basic fire line activities such as line construction, hose layout, operation of pumps and accessories, lopping and scattering of fuels, holding patrolling, monitoring and mop-up operations.
• Moves dirt, chops brush and small trees, etc. to construct fire lines.
• Carries out specialized assignments such as tree falling, backfire and burnout, mobile and stationary engine attack, construction of helispots, specialized helitack operations and hover hookups.
• Serves as a skilled firefighter and working crew leader on an organized crew during prescribed burns, monitoring and controlling the fire, and collecting data on fire weather and behavior.
• Performs project work such as fuel inventory and hazard fuel reduction projects.
• Participates in fire and safety training in the techniques, practices and methods of fire suppression and in the safe, efficient operation and use of tools, equipment and vehicles used in fire line activities.
• Cleans, maintains, reconditions and stores tools and equipment, and inventories fore supplies and equipment.
• Services and makes minor repairs to truck engine, inspects, checks and services accessories such as pump, waterlines, tank, reel or pump power plant, and keeps in fire readiness.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required :

Minimum Qualifications :

Physical Requirements and Work Environment :

The work requires arduous physical exertion, such as regular and recurring running, walking; or bending; walking or climbing over rocky terrain and uneven surfaces, and in mountainous terrain, normally while carrying 35-50 lbs of gear. In many situations, the duration of the activity contributes to the arduous nature of the job. The duties of this position require the incumbent to meet physical requirements as measured by the pack test and 2 mile run. The work requires regular and recurring risks or discomforts involved in working outdoors with exposure to smoke, heat and adverse weather conditions that necessitates following procedures to minimize risks.