This position is located in Serves as an advanced trainee doing work requiring professional training in the biological sciences. Assignments provide experience and training to orient the employee to technical programs, operating procedures, and administrative policies and regulations. The supervisor assigns work and provides instructions as to the objectives, scope and procedures to be used. The biologist plans steps necessary to accomplish the work, consulting with supervisor or higher level worker for assistance if problems or questions occur.
Work is reviewed for adequacy, accuracy, developmental needs, and adherence to instructions.
Review of work increases with more difficult assignments when they differ from those previously performed by the biologist. 125 Points Guides include technical manuals, directives, and local work plans, many of which are detailed and directly applicable. The biologist must use some judgment in locating and selecting correct guides, and in making minor deviations to adapt guides to specific cases. Assignments are typically screened to eliminate difficult or unusual problems. Assignments require familiarity with and use of standard fishery biology principles, methods, and practices to solve relatively limited professional problems.