Forestry Technician (Fire)

TITLE: Technician (Fire/Fuels) Helitack – 1 or more Contract Positions
LOCATION: Forestry-Division of Fire
SALARY: $16.95 per hour including benefits
CLOSING DATE: Monday, May 5, 2025 at 5:30 p.m.

DUTIES:

• Serve as a skilled crewmember on fuels reduction treatments.
• Provide guidance to Forestry Aides in fuels work implementation.
• Felling of small trees using a chainsaw.
• Hand pile woody debris.
• Construct control lines for prescribed burns.
• Serve as a skilled crewmember in prescribed fire implementation.
• Mop-up prescribed burns.
• Patrol prescribed burns.
• Sleep in remote areas on fuels projects if warranted.
• Monitor fuels reduction treatments.
• May operate 4×4 pickups and other light vehicles.
• Work long hours including holidays and weekends conducting fuels projects on the Flathead Indian Reservation.
• Clean, maintain, recondition, and store hand and power tools and equipment.
• Travel off reservation to support local, regional or national fuels reduction efforts

Wildfire suppression:

• Serve as a skilled crew member on an engine, fire suppression module or helitack crew.
• Provide instruction to Forestry Aides in fire suppression.
• Utilize a variety of specialized tools, equipment, and techniques while actively working with hand and power tools

such as a shovel, axe, pulaski, chainsaw, in fire suppression.

• Serve as a skilled supervisor crewmember suppressing wildfire.
• Cut saw line using a chainsaw.
• Build containment line on wildfires.
• Mop-up wildfires.
• Patrol wildfires.
• Sleep in remote areas while on fire suppression.
• Serve as a skilled crewmember assigned to carry out specialized assignments such as tree falling, backfire or

burnout, mobile and stationary engine attack, construction of helispots, specialized helitack operations, and longline
hookups.

• May operate 4×4 pickups and other light vehicles.
• Work long hours including holidays and weekends suppressing fires on the Flathead Indian Reservation.
• Assigned to fire lookout duties to provide detection and reporting of wildfires. Reports smoke and fire to a dispatcher

giving location, estimated size, and other pertinent information. Reports weather and fire behavior information
keeping the dispatcher and/or other officials informed of current conditions.

• Clean, maintain, recondition, and store hand and power tools and equipment.
• Travel off reservation to support local, regional or national fire suppression efforts.

Common duties:

• Participates in safety training in the techniques, practices, methods of fire suppression and fuels treatments in a safe

manner.

• Participate in Safety Tailgate sessions and After Action Reviews (AAR). Ensures own and others’ safety in all aspects

of assignments.

• Receive specialized training to include but not limited to CPR/First Aid, Defensive driving, and sexual harassment.
• Assist with inventories of supplies and equipment.
• Services and makes minor repairs to engines and crew vehicles.
• Assigned to other management activities which include, but are not limited to: maintaining campground facilities;

mowing of grass and weeds; trail maintenance; building and lookout maintenance; road clearing; removal and
disposal of hazard trees (i.e. timber felling, thinning and slashing; hand slashing; hand piling; wood chipper
operations); collections and distribution of firewood; and, like duties.

• Assists fire prevention officials with area patrols and fire detection activities. Assists with fire education activities as

assigned.

• Assist with all risk incident support activities to include hazmat, search and rescue, etc.
• Assist with other forestry related activities as needed.
• Performs other duties assigned.

MINIMUM RECRUITING QUALIFICATIONS AS REFLECTED ON TRIBAL EMPLOYMENT
APPLICATION:

• A high school diploma (or equivalent).
• At a minimum for Technician, two (2) seasons in fire/fuels related work.
• FFT2 qualified.
• Faller 3 (FAL3) qualified.
• Incumbent is subject to annual medical examination and work capacity test for arduous positions. Incumbent must

pass both to meet the standards of the Technician position.

• This is a testing designated position (TDP) under

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS (AS DETERMINED BY THE INTERVIEW):

• Ability to successfully complete NWCG developmental training to include but not limited to S-131, S-290 and L-280.
• Ability to perform duties under stressful and adverse operating conditions, such as long work hours, heavy workloads,

emergency situations, adverse working conditions and environmental conditions.

• Ability to communicate effectively and follow oral/written instructions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees within a diverse workforce.

SUBMIT:

• Completed Tribal employment application (resumes are not accepted).
• Certified copies of relevant academic transcripts and training certificates.
• Proof of a valid Montana driver’s license.
• Tribal enrollment verification if enrolled in a federally recognized other than CSKT.
• If claiming Veteran’s preference, a copy of the DD214 must be submitted with the application.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $16.95 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person

Salary : $17