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Forest Ecologist
Employer
NAITDate Posted
February 10, 2025Languages
English-
Location Peace River, AB
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Earnings $77,076.00 to $102,768.00 annually (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 36.25 hours per week
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Position Temporary Full Time
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Vacancies 2  Vacancies
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Closing Date Apr 09, 2025
Employer
NAIT
Languages
English
Education
- Earned doctorate degree
- Forestry, general
- Ecology
Work site environment
Outdoors
Work setting
- Rural area
- Various locations
- Willing to relocate
Tasks
- Provide advice to senior managers and officials
- Conduct biostatistical data analysis using computer modelling techniques
- Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists
- Prepare reports and plans for management of renewable resources
- Produce reports
- Recruit and hire staff
- Prepare research papers, educational texts or articles
- Conduct interviews
- Conduct literature reviews
- Co-ordinate multidisciplinary projects
- Deliver presentations at conferences, workshops or symposia
- Monitor and compile research results
- Prepare proposals
- Assist in conducting field research and surveys to collect data and samples
Supervision
- 3-4 people
- Working groups
Resource usage and environmental studies
Environmental assessment and monitoring
Research experience
- Causal-comparative
- Correlational
- Experimental or quantitative
Area of work experience
- Forestry
- Applied non-industrial research
- Basic, theoretical or fundamental research
- Environmental consulting company
- Statistical analysis
- Research and development
Area of specialization
- Scientific research
- Forest biology and ecology
Screening questions
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
Experience
5 years or more
Green job
Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
As per collective agreement
Long term benefits
Maternity and parental benefits
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
- Team building opportunities
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Interest Codes
- INNOVATIVE
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Interest in synthesizing information to conduct ecological and environmental impact studies and to prepare reports, and to develop new practices in biological research
- OBJECTIVE
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Interest in precision working with instruments and equipment to conduct experiments in plant and animal growth, heredity and breeding
- DIRECTIVE
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Interest in consulting to advise on issues related to biological processes and research and the development of new products; may supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists
The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation.
It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.
Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.
A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.
A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.
Abilities
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Mental Abilities
General Learning Ability
Verbal Ability
Numerical Ability
Visual Abilities
Spatial Perception
Form Perception
Clerical Perception
Physical Abilities
Motor Coordination
Finger Dexterity
Manual Dexterity
Interest Codes
- INNOVATIVE
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Interest in synthesizing information to study the effects and control of human, plant and animal pathogens and toxins
- OBJECTIVE
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Interest in precision working with instruments to conduct clinical and laboratory studies to test, evaluate and screen drugs and pharmaceuticals, and to conduct molecular and biochemical studies and experiments into genetic expression, gene manipulation and recombinant DNA technology
- DIRECTIVE
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Interest in consulting to advise on issues related to the development of new practices and products at the cellular and molecular level; may supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists
The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation.
It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.
Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.
A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.
A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.
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