The incumbent performs curatorial duties to assist the state Paleontologist by maintaining specimen collections, reference libraries, map files, and locality catalogs. Incumbent performs laboratory duties on specimens and processes acquisitions, assists in construction of molds and casts and organizes collection by chronology and taxonomy. Participates in limited field studies and collection of fossils. Provides information for and speaks to school groups on paleontological subjects. Hiring agencies may identify additional related skills and requirements as preferences in making hiring and promotion decisions.
Incumbents perform skilled, para-professional geological duties in support of division geologists.
Duties may include various sampling and laboratory procedures, data manipulation, computer applications, data base maintenance, draft of complex maps and illustrations, editing and review of reports. Incumbents receive general direction and review from supervisors. Hiring agencies may identify additional related skills and requirements as preferences in making hiring and promotion decisions. Incumbents perform semi-skilled geological duties under close supervision. They assist geologists in bibliographic research, collecting samples and other data, drafting, performing field work, organizing and entering data into computer and maintaining equipment.