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Current openings on the UI Experimental Forest--
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Forest (UIEF) hires and trains student crews for various types of work on
the forest. These student crews learn valuable skills that they can
later use in their careers as natural resource professionals.
All of the students hired by the (UIEF) must be
students in the College of Natural Resources or recent graduates. The
student crews are trained in safety and equipment maintenance. They
must be physically capable of strenuous physical labor and be qualified to
drive University of Idaho vehicles.
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There are
four types of crews hired to work on the UIEF:
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Student
Logging Crew--The
extensive student logging crew program gives employees an appreciation and
understanding of the complexity of each logging task and its relationship
to the multiple tasks necessary for logging project completion under
natural forest conditions. |
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Forest
Tech--Employees
gain an appreciation and understanding in
pre-commercial thinning, pruning, and herbicide application. |
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Timber
Cruising--Crew members are involved with inventory
sampling of over and understory vegetation |
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Work
Study--Student employees are assigned a variety of jobs on the UIEF |
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