Job Description
Session: Summer (May- August)
Position Title: Intern - Forest Health
Supervisor: Brian Garbisch
Agency: Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Location: Rapid City
Minimum Salary: $18.60
*APPLICANT MUST BE A CURRENT PART-TIME OR FULL-TIME STUDENT (MINIMUM OF 6 CREDIT HOURS) IN UPCOMING SEMESTER OR IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SEMESTER.
Position Description:
The Forest Health Intern will develop skills related to forest insect and disease monitoring, including forest pest surveying and pest identification, working alongside government and non-government organizations across the state of South Dakota. This position will also assist with GIS data collection, mapping, stewardship plan monitoring, community forest inventory, and educational outreach.
Qualifications:
Applicant must be enrolled as a part-time/full-time student at a college, university, or technical institute at the time they apply. By the start of the internship, the student should have completed one year (nine months) of their chosen program.
All students are encouraged to apply, but preference may be given to applicants with a standing of junior/senior, South Dakota residents, and students of South Dakota institutions.
Specific Forestry coursework, such as dendrology, general forest management, forest entomology, and pathology is preferred. Applicants must have a valid driver's license.
Apply at: https://gen-stateofsouthdako-trn.inforcloudsuite.com/hcm/xmlhttp/shorturl.do?key=1U
*Positions can be filled prior to the closing date.*
South Dakota Bureau of Human Resources
Telephone: 605.773.3148
"An Equal Opportunity Employer"
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