MRIP Field Data Technician

Job description

Title: MRIP Field Data Technician State Role Title: Natural Resource Spec II Hiring Range: $33,828 – $38,500: Pay Band: 3: Agency: Marine Resources Commission: Location: main location: Agency Website: www.mrc.virginia.gov: Recruitment Type: General Public - G Job Duties: The Virginia Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP) Field Technician will assist the MRIP state supervisor by conducting field surveys and office work linked to the Access Point Angler Intercept Survey (APAIS). This important research study, sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) conducts face-to-face interviews with marine recreational anglers. Field staff will travel to assigned sites to interview recreational anglers about their fishing trip, collect various information from anglers, and (when possible) weigh, measure, and identify harvested fish. Field assignments are 6-hour set sampling periods and can take place at beaches, shore-banks, marinas, piers, docks, and access points for private, charter, and head boats. Field surveying takes place from March 1st through December 31st and field sites are spread throughout the tidal portions...