Aquatic Sciences Technician

Important messages

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Information on accommodation for persons with disabilities

1. No written exam nor interview will be administered in this selection process. The selection committee will use the screening questionnaire (for both the essentials and assets) to make a selection decision. The ability and personal suitabilities will be assessed via your references. The assets qualifications may be applied in the selection.

2. Our intention is to communicate with candidates through emails and/or through the www.canada.ca/government-jobs applicant account. Candidates participating in this selection process must include in their application a valid email address and make sure that this address is functional at all times and that their system accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block the receipt of these types of email).

3. ALL JOB APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED USING THE WEBSITE. NO APPLICATION WILL BE ACCEPTED BY EMAIL.

4. The 'Ability to communicate effectively in writing' will be assessed using the screening questionnaire.

Duties

The nominee(s) will provide scientific and/or technical support within the Government of Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans. This process aims at creating a pool of candidates to staff various determinate (few weeks to several months), or indeterminate positions among the Maurice-Lamontagne Institute's research teams. Depending on the supervisors' needs, the nominee(s) will work in the field, aboard research or fishing vessels, or in a laboratory, including the Institute's seawater facilities. Tasks may include sampling with various fishing devices, designing, building, and maintaining experimental seawater systems, selecting, calibrating, and using specialized scientific equipment, controlling water quality and working with live organisms, or selecting or developping appropriate methodologies. The nominee(s) will collect, enter, and validate experimental data on the appropriate support.

Intent of the process

A pool of qualified candidates may be established in order to staff similar positions at Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 2 references.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in biological sciences, wildlife management, a field of natural sciences relevant to the duties of the position, or an acceptable combination of education, training, and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

Experience in providing technical support and collecting data as part of biological scientific projects in the field or laboratory.

Experience in providing advice in sampling methodology, seawater system design, experiment planning, or choice of equipment, as part of biological scientific projects in the field or laboratory.

Experience using a personal computer and common softwares such as MS Word and Excel (or equivalent).

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

Experience in taxonomic identification of marine organisms:
-Phytoplankton
-Algae
-Zooplankton, fish and invertebrate larvae
-Macro-invertebrates
-Fishes

Experience in planning and conducting programs for sampling or collecting live organisms in the field.

Experience with usual techniques for morphometric and other biological measurements, particularly for fishes and invertebrates in the field or laboratory.

Experience in collecting, validating, and managing data, including use of databases.

Experience in planning and conducting experiments with live fishes and invertebrates in the laboratory, and use of specialized techniques.

Experience in planning and conducting transportation, use and care of live research organisms, particularly fishes and invertebrates.

Experience in designing, building and maintaining laboratory saltwater systems, including control of abiotic water parameters (temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen).

Experience in providing advice on selection of scientific equipment, and use and calibration of specialized scientific equipment.

Experience in scientific SCUBA diving.

Experience in using scientific software, for example: statistical analyses, image analysis, graphing, GIS, basic programming (R, SAS), etc.

Experience in ordering supplies and managing expenses in accordance with ministerial directives.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

French essential

Information on language requirements

Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

Autonomy
Initiative
Team work
Sense of responsability

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women

Information on employment equity

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - For some positions:

Hold a valid driver’s license.
Health Canada Medical Clearance
Accept to travel and work outside normal office hours.
Have the ability, and accept, to work at sea or in the field for periods up to 6 consecutive weeks.
Accept to work outside in inclement weather and in isolated locations.

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the targeted groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

Reference checks may be sought.

You must provide proof of your education credentials.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.

A random and/or top down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.