Details:
Starting at $17.50
Designated dockside fishery observers are required for the 2018 commercial salmon season to monitor and verify catch landings at designated landing ports. Dockside observers provide accurate, timely, and independent third party verification of commercial salmon catch landings.
The dockside observer will: - Identify all Pacific Salmon species - Monitor the landing of fish and verify catch landings - Calculate piece counts - Report catch results - Report occurrences - Collect biological samples
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities:
Workplace awareness is essential as observations take place in an industrial environment. Offload activities can be fast-paced, loud, wet and in constant motion with industrial machinery running including water pumps, hydraulic cable lifts, and fork lifts. Long work hours can be expected.
Qualifications & Experience:
- IIdentify Pacific Salmon species - Work at fish plants and custom offloading sites - Communicate with fishery managers, fisheries officers, industry representatives, vessel crew and fish plant workers - Validate landed catch weights and pieces - Observe and report work procedures - Record data/results and occurrences