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2-9-2006 |
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The West Virginia Department of Agriculture's Plant Industries Division (WVDA-PID) is seeking summer employees for three of its disease and pest survey programs. Employees are needed in a number of locations throughout the state, and college students in agriculture-related or biological sciences programs (or non-students with equivalent experience) are preferred, but not required. The programs will run from May 1 - August 31 and most will require overnight travel and use of personal vehicles. Four positions are open in the Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey Program. Workers must be able to monitor insect traps, conduct surveys for invasive weeds and prepare samples for taxonomic purposes. One or more positions will be headquartered at the Gus R. Douglass Agricultural Center at Guthrie, near Charleston, and will involve both laboratory and field work. Other positions preferably will be headquartered in the Northern Panhandle, Eastern Panhandle, north-central region or southern region of the state. Four positions are open in the Cooperative Forest Health Protection Program. Workers will be headquartered at Guthrie, but statewide travel will be required. Two-person teams will conduct forest insect and disease surveys and perform associated lab work. A number of positions will be in the Gypsy Moth Slow the Spread Program, a cooperative effort of WVDA and the USDA Forest Service. Work will be conducted in the state's central and southern counties and will include surveying gypsy moth traps. Pay ranges from $7 to $8.50 an hour, and travel will be reimbursed at 44 cents per mile, which may be subject to change after June 30 depending on fuel prices. Field workers must have good navigational skills and be able to learn to effectively use road maps, topographical maps, compasses and/or GPS units. For more information or an application, contact Kelly Riffe, WVDA Plant Industries Division, 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East, Charleston, WV 25305-0191, phone 304-558-2212, or e-mail kriffe@ag.state.wv.us . Application deadline is 4 p.m. Friday, March 3, 2006.
The West Virginia Department of Agriculture protects plant, animal and human health through a variety of scientific, regulatory and consumer protection programs, as mandated by state law. The Commissioner of Agriculture is one of six statewide elected officials in West Virginia. Currently, Commissioner Gus R. Douglass is the longest-serving agriculture commissioner in the nation. For more information, visit www.wvagriculture.org. |
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