News Release 2-8-2002 |
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WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ANNOUNCES SEASONAL JOBS The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) needs 54 temporary, seasonal workers to help survey, trap and study pest insects throughout the state. The jobs will begin in the middle of May and run through the end of August. Two positions will be with the Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) Program, and will focus on surveying slugs and snails and monitoring “leek moth” traps. One of the positions will be headquartered at WVDA’s headquarters in Guthrie, near Charleston, and will require both field and laboratory work. The second CAPS position will entail only fieldwork, and will be headquartered in either the north central or southeastern region of the state, although other regions may be considered. Applicants should be familiar with preparing specimens for shipment, agricultural crops and crop production, map reading and interacting with private landowners. Students in plant, animal or insect sciences are preferred. The Cooperative Forest Health Protection (CFHP) Program needs four summer workers to conduct forest-related insect and disease survey work. Two, two-person teams will be headquartered in Guthrie, but will travel throughout the state as needed. Applicants should be able to perform laboratory work associated with the field surveys. Forty-eight workers will be employed by the Gypsy Moth “Slow the Spread” (STS) Program over, roughly, the southern third of the state. The STS Program is a cooperative venture between WVDA and the USDA Forest Service. The following number of workers will be needed for each county/region: Boone-2; Braxton/Calhoun/Roane -1; Cabell - 1; Fayette - 3; Greenbrier/Pocahontas/Nicholas/Webster - 1; Jackson/Ritchie/Wood/Wirt -1; Kanawha - 4; Lincoln - 1; Logan - 2; McDowell - 5; Mercer - 6; Mingo - 2; Monroe - 2; Raleigh - 7; Summers - 3; Wayne - 2; Wyoming - 2. The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will also be trapping three areas as part of the STS Program. These areas are in Mason - 1, Putnam - 1 and Jackson - 1. WVDA prefers students in entomology, plant pathology, forestry or other biological science, or with equivalent experience, who can be trained to read topographic maps, a compass and use a GPS unit. All the jobs range in pay from $6.50 to $8 per hour. Employees must provide their own vehicles, and mileage is reimbursed at 34 cents per mile. For more information or an application, contact Kelly Riffe, WVDA,
Plant Industries Division, 1900 Kanawha Blvd. E., Charleston, WV
25305-0191; 304-558-2212, or e-mail kriffe@ag.state.wv.us. Applications
may be returned to Riffe at the same address. Application deadline
is Friday, March 8, 2002, at 4 p.m.
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