California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Job Opportunity Bulletin
Release Date: October 11, 2024
The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental andphysical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic
information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious
creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions) and sexual orientation.
This bulletin is a weekly publication by the Human Resources Office (HR) at The Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW).

Table of Contents
How to ApplyCareer Center
Law Enforcement Transfer Opportunities
Post and Bid
HOW TO APPLY (OPEN POSITIONS): Complete application packages (including your Examination/Employment Application(STD 678) and applicable or required documents) must be submitted to apply for a Job Posting. Application Packages may besubmitted electronically through your CalCareers Account at www.jobs.ca.gov . If you choose not to apply electronically, ahard copy application package may be submitted by mail to: Department of Fish and Wildlife HR, Attn: Classification andRecruitment Unit. Please indicate the classification and position number in the 'EXAMINATION(S) OR JOB TITLE(S) FOR WHICH
YOU ARE APPLYING' section of your application, failure to provide this information may result in elimination from the hiring
process.
PLEASE NOTE: APPLICATIONS FOR ALL POSITIONS IN THIS BULLETIN MUST BE POSTMARKED OR RECEIVED BY THE FINALFILING DATE (FFD) INDICATED. Applications may be filed in person but must be received by the close of business of the FFD.
Applications received after the FFD will not be considered. A notation or reference on the application to other materials, suchas “see attached resume”, will not be considered. For more information, please contact careers@wildlife.ca.gov. All
appointments are subject to State Restrictions of Appointment (SROA) procedures.

CAREER CENTER
For more information regarding all open positions, exams, career counseling please contact the Recruitment Services Unit
(RSU) at careers@wildlife.ca.gov .
CURRENT CDFW OPEN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESFor the latest information on all open CDFW employment opportunities, please visit the CalCareers website athttps://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHRPublic/Search/JobSearchResults.aspx#depid=145 or call (916) 902-9017.

EXAMINATION INFORMATION
For a complete list of the latest CDFW examinations, please visit the CDFW website athttps://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=34060&inline or email exams@wildlife.ca.gov if you have any questions.

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION (CDFW EMPLOYEES ONLY)
For the latest information on training classes offered by the Office of Training and Development (OTD), please visit the CDFW

Intranet at https://intranet.wildlife.ca.gov/portal/Training/TrainingLinks/tabid/150/Default.aspx or call OTD at (916-928-8330)

SEASONAL EMPLOYMENTFor the latest information on seasonal openings with the Department, visit the CDFW website athttps://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Employment/seasonal

LAW ENFORCEMENT TRANSFER OPPORTUNITIESThe following vacant positions are subject to the BU7 contract agreement regarding voluntary geographic transfers within The
California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Applications must be submitted by mail to: Department of Fish and Wildlife-HR, Attn:
Say Lee, P.O. Box 944209 Sacramento, CA 94244 Please list title, position, and RPA number (i.e. Fish and Game Warden – 566040-8405-200, RPA E- LED 21-010) on your application under Job Title(s) for that which you are applying. Submit one
application per position you are applying. We recommend that applications are sent certified mail as we are unable to verify
receipt. Applicants will be selected consistent with these provisions. Positions excluded from collective bargaining are notsubject to the BU7 transfer policy.

Commitments to hire or promote are not valid and cannot be made until all final approvals are obtained.

The following positions are vacant and subject to the Post and Bid provisions of the BU11 MOU. The Post and Bid form isavailable at https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=88532&inline . Forms must be submitted by mail to: Departmentof Fish & Wildlife HR, Attn: Classification and Recruitment Unit, P.O. Box 944209 Sacramento, CA 94244. Submit one form
per position. We recommend that forms are sent certified mail as we are unable to verify receipt. If additional information isneeded, contact careers@wildlife.ca.gov.
RPA# E-R3 SO 24-022/023
Fish and Wildlife Technician
Final Filing Date: November 20, 2024
Contact: Andrew Amaral (209) 617-5482 Andrew.Amaral@wildlife.ca.gov
Location: San Joaquin County
Comments: The Fish and Wildlife Technician works with a group of boat operators, technicians, and scientists who aresampling fish and invertebrates in San Francisco Bay and the Delta as part the Interagency Ecological Program(IEP) for the San
Francisco Estuary. The IEP is a large, multi-agency program that studies the bay and delta. Most of the sampling is done withfishing nets that are towed from Department of Fish and Wildlife vessels. These vessels range from 24' to 46' and all use
hydraulics to deploy and retrieve fishing nets. The Fish and Wildlife Technician will assist in the sampling by handling fishingnets and other sampling gear (water quality instruments, benthic samplers, etc.), operating smaller power vessels (under 35'),
trailering smaller boats, sorting, measuring, and handling fish and invertebrates, and occasionally recording sample
information on data sheets.
Additional tasks include repair and maintenance of vessels, trailers, nets, and other sampling equipment and preparing
sampling gear for field work. Includes repairing and construction of various fishing nets.
The Department of Fish and Wildlife conducts several large IEP studies in the bay and delta, including work the Striped Bass,White and Green Sturgeon, Delta Smelt, Longfin Smelt and the food web for these and other species of interest.
RPA# E-R3 WA 23-048/049
Fish and Wildlife Technician
Final Filing Date: November 20, 2024
Contact: Talmadge Robinson (209) 638-6802 Talmadge.Robinson@wildlife.ca.gov
Location: Solano County
Comments: Under the supervision of the Nutria Eradication Operations Supervisor, the incumbent will fill a critical role in theDepartment's Nutria Eradication Program. Nutria are highly invasive and extremely detrimental to the environment, but
primarily nocturnal and relatively elusive in low densities. As part of a crew, the incumbent will conduct surveys to detect,locate, and trap nutria, with the ultimate goal of eradicating nutria from the State of California. The incumbent will conduct
habitat suitability assessments, visual observation and camera surveys, trapping, nutria dispatch and necropsies, andelectronic data collection (i.e., ESRI Field Maps smartphone application), as well as use baits and lures and communicate withlocal landowners. The incumbent is responsible for following spatial assignments and completing tasks according to project
protocols. The incumbent will work with the Operations Supervisor and field crew leads to design, build, evaluate, and/or help
refine detection and trapping methods and tools for the most effective and efficient detection and removal of nutria. Work
includes answering routine questions from the public relative to Departmental nutria efforts. This position is physicallydemanding, but highly rewarding given the ultimate accomplishment of protecting California's wetlands, waterways,
infrastructure, and agriculture from the devastation nutria have caused in other regions of North America.
The following positions are vacant and subject to the Post and Bid provisions of the BU12 MOU. The Post and Bid form isavailable at https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=88533&inline . Forms must be submitted by mail to:
Department of Fish & Wildlife HR, Attn: Classification and Recruitment Unit, P.O. Box 944209 Sacramento, CA 94244.
Submit one form per position. We recommend that forms are sent certified mail as we are unable to verify receipt. If
additional information is needed, contact careers@wildlife.ca.gov.

Commitments to hire or promote are not valid and cannot be made until all final approvals are obtained.