Westaff is seeking a Medical Customer Service Technician for a local healthcare company in Helena, MT!

Schedule: M - F 8:00am to 5:00pm, with on call rotation. 

Term: Career opportunity! 

Pay: $17/hr +  DOE

Duties: 

• Adheres to company policies and procedures in regards to using personnel protective safety equipment
• Assists with updating respiratory grid
• Available for on-call assignments as needed
• Completes all necessary delivery forms and paperwork including, but not limited to invoices, work orders, manifests and logs, patient care instructions, route sheets, etc.
• Coordinates verification of Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance coverage information
• Delivers, sets up and maintains equipment at the delivery address using company vehicle
• Develops and maintains working knowledge of current products and services offered by the company and all applicable governmental regulations
• Educates the patient and/or caregiver on the safe use and maintenance of the delivered items
• Maintains assigned company vehicle in a clean and safe working condition
• Maintains referral log
• Manages all aspects of intake: answering the phone and receiving faxes, collecting patient and referral source information, data input into IMBS, printing tickets, assembling charts and processing paperwork
• Monitors office supplies
• Observes additional needs that the patient may have and reports same during morning meeting
• Prepares CMNs/SOPs for Sales Reps and documents on tracking log
• Prepares complete and accurate files for Billing Department
• Prepares tickets for daily routes
• Provides service for walk-in patients
• Reports equipment hazards and/or product incidents as required
• Works with location personnel to coordinate deliveries
• Performs other duties as assigned

Travel: Travel via company vehicle required to patient’s homes for set-ups and reoccurring delivery

Qualifications:

• Background investigation (company-wide)
• Drug screen (Upon Hire)
• Valid driver’s license in state of residence with a clean driving record (when applicable for the position)
• Experience with medical equipment, preferred
• One year of related work experience, preferred
• Medical terminology, preferred

Education: High school diploma or GED equivalent, required

Don’t miss out- apply TODAY for our Medical Customer Service Technician position in Helena!

Veterans & Military encouraged to apply

HELP WANTED: Broadwater County Noxious Weed, Seasonal Noxious Weed and Mosquito Sprayer

Resumes and complete applications can be mailed to Melinda Banks at 515 Broadway; Townsend, MT 59644 or emailed to [email protected]. Please contact Melinda Banks at 406-266-9209 if you have any questions.

$16.00/hr - $18.00/hr DOE

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Physical involvement includes bending, stooping, walking, and lifting up to 50#s (greater with assistance);
• Work is occasionally performed in undesirable physical conditions and rough terrain in which pollution and heat are encountered. Exposure to chemicals is frequent.
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule of early mornings or late evenings, and some days.
• Must possess a valid Montana Driver’s License.

MAJOR AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND PERFORMANCE:
• Performs tasks related to the spraying of weeds and mosquitos and in the use of chemicals;
• Calibrates spray equipment;
• Performs minor repairs and maintenance to equipment and vehicles;
• Maintains accurate Daily Application Records of pesticides used, work performed, and coordinates with the Coordinator daily; Keeps accurate records of the weather and susceptible crops in the area worked;
• Knows and follows all safety procedures in the use of vehicles, equipment, and chemicals.
• Initiates routine daily operational records and reports;
• Is responsible for equipment and supplies assigned;
• Requires contact with the public and other County departments;
• Some hazards with chemicals, and duties may require work to be occasionally performed in undesirable weather conditions.
• Other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
• Graduation from high school or its equivalent; PLUS
• Some work experience. Farm background helpful, or previous spraying experience helpful.
• Must possess a valid Montana Driver’s License and be qualified to be a licensed Applicator under the Weed and Mosquito Coordinator’s Pesticide Licenses, or able to obtain such a license before the season begins.

Broadwater County is soliciting qualified applicants to fill the position of seasonal weed/mosquito sprayers. This is a short term position working 32-40 hours per week for the season. The wage is $16-$18/hr+., DOE. Applicants must have a valid Montana Driver’s License and be able to pass a background check. Applications and a copy of the job description can be obtained on the county’s website at www.broadwatercountymt.com under Job Openings at the bottom of the page.

Resumes and complete applications can be mailed to Melinda Banks at 515 Broadway; Townsend, MT 59644 or emailed to [email protected]. Please contact Melinda Banks at 406-266-9209 if you have any questions.

Broadwater County is an equal opportunity employer. Broadwater County shall, upon request, provide reasonable accommodations to otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities. Veterans and Disabled preferences are applicable.

Looking for temporary work? Westaff is seeking Event Staff! 

When: Wednesday 8/21/2024

Time: 10:30am-2:30pm

Pay: $20/hour 

Duties:

• help with guiding guests in parking lot,
• direct guests to the entrance of the building,
• assist with putting food share donations into boxes,
• assisting guests with seating or if they need help carrying food to their table as some of them may be challenged walking (i.e. wheelchairs, walkers, canes).   
• help with pulling plates/cups to be discarded into the garbage

Dress Code: Nice jeans/golf shorts/skirt, and black polo. No t-shirts, shoulders must be covered. Skirts should be just above the knee. Close toed shoes. 

Apply today for IMMEDIATE consideration for our Event Staff position!

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is working with Westaff to recruit several Wildlife Field Technicians across the state of Montana!!

Term: October 15th – December 6th

Schedule: 40 hrs/week, hours and days vary depending on location, all weekends required for many locations

Pay: $20.11/hr

Duties of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician:

• Work at a CWD sampling station to collect biological samples from hunter-harvested and road-killed animals to assist with surveillance and monitoring efforts
• Record accurate field data
• Label and maintain accountability for all samples
• Enter sample data into a database
• Organize and package samples
• Submitting samples in a timely manner to the appropriate testing facility
• Sanitize sampling tools after each test
• Assemble CWD sampling kits
• Maintain accountability and inventories of equipment and check station supplies
• Make trips to regional dumps to dispose of deer carcass parts as needed
• Assist with the distribution of CWD-related educational materials to various groups/locations
• Assist with educational outreach with hunters and members of the public
• Perform other duties as needed

Qualifications:

• Experience with accurately collecting samples, labeling data, and data entry
• Ability to be comfortable around unpleasant smells and dead animal carcasses
• Ability to be outside for the majority of the day in inclement weather
• Ability to work in rural areas
• Some travel required
• Ability to effectively communicate and work with others
• Ability to lift heavy objects (50+ lbs)
• Must have ability to coordinate/pay for lodging for the entirety of the assignment

Benefits:

• Weekly pay!
• Benefits offered
• Amazing state opportunity

Special Information:

• Work will involve field, laboratory, and office activities that require adaptations and re-organization of work schedules, travel, and lifting heavy objects. 
• The work schedule may be variable from week to week, at times demanding long hours (e.g. 10-12 hour shifts), extensive travel to and from check station locations often in poor weather conditions, and up to 10% overnight travel. 
• Work areas and dutiesinclude hazards and require a commitment to exercise caution and follow rigorous protocols to ensure safety. 
• Exposure to potentially harmful biological and chemical agents and offensive sights and smells are routine. 
• Occasional exposure to outdoor hazards such as severe weather, work along roadways, and heavy lifting of dead animals is expected. 
• The CWD Technician will be expected to communicate with a wide variety of individuals including the Regional CWD coordinator, sportsmen/women, taxidermists, processors, landowners, professional biologists, wardens, personnel from other state and federal agencies and professional scientists from laboratories conducting testing procedures for the Wildlife Health Program.
• The technician must be knowledgeable about CWD and the agency’s plan for surveillance and management and be able to effectively communicate with FWP staff and the public. 
• The frequency of contact varies but some type of public engagement will be required on a daily basis. 

Day in the life of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician: A chronic wasting disease technician for the state of Montana is responsible for collecting and submitting CWD samples collected from harvested deer, elk, and moose during the general hunting season. Most technicians will be working on the weekends at one of our field sampling stations. At the beginning of each workday the technician will go to their assigned sampling station location and open it up for the day. This is usually some designated time early in the morning and the station stays open and ready for sampling until around sunset each day. The station opening involves setting up equipment for the day, opening signs, prepping for the cleaning of used sampling equipment and setting up a trash can. During the day the technician either working on their own, with a partner or alongside other FWP staff will be available to sample any suitable harvested animal that is brought in by the public.

For each animal, the technician will fill out a field survey on an iPad to collect harvest information from the hunter. The technician will then extract the retropharyngeal lymph nodes from the head of the animal, a tooth and muscle tissue sample from each animal, putting the samples in that animal’s designated sampling kit. The technician will give the hunter a card from the sampling kit that will provide them with information on how to look up their test result. Technicians will also have to clean and disinfect all equipment that was used to collect the sample, after each animal is tested. Samples will need to be organized and stored in a cooler or freezer. Technicians will also be trained to understand chronic wasting disease and answer questions about CWD that hunters might ask. If working at a field sampling station, the technician will have to drive their collected samples to their supervisor each week and help prepare samples  for shipment to the testing lab. At which time, they will also pick up any additional supplies they need for the following week.

*Please check our website to see which locations are still available or call/text us at 406-443-7169*

Apply today for IMMEDIATE consideration for our Wildlife Field Technician positions!

Military & Veterans encouraged to apply 

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is working with Westaff to recruit several Wildlife Field Technicians across the state of Montana!!

Term: October 15th – December 6th

Schedule: 40 hrs/week, hours and days vary depending on location, all weekends required for many locations

Pay: $20.11/hr

Duties of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician:

• Work at a CWD sampling station to collect biological samples from hunter-harvested and road-killed animals to assist with surveillance and monitoring efforts
• Record accurate field data
• Label and maintain accountability for all samples
• Enter sample data into a database
• Organize and package samples
• Submitting samples in a timely manner to the appropriate testing facility
• Sanitize sampling tools after each test
• Assemble CWD sampling kits
• Maintain accountability and inventories of equipment and check station supplies
• Make trips to regional dumps to dispose of deer carcass parts as needed
• Assist with the distribution of CWD-related educational materials to various groups/locations
• Assist with educational outreach with hunters and members of the public
• Perform other duties as needed

Qualifications:

• Experience with accurately collecting samples, labeling data, and data entry
• Ability to be comfortable around unpleasant smells and dead animal carcasses
• Ability to be outside for the majority of the day in inclement weather
• Ability to work in rural areas
• Some travel required
• Ability to effectively communicate and work with others
• Ability to lift heavy objects (50+ lbs)
• Must have ability to coordinate/pay for lodging for the entirety of the assignment

Benefits:

• Weekly pay!
• Benefits offered
• Amazing state opportunity

Special Information:

• Work will involve field, laboratory, and office activities that require adaptations and re-organization of work schedules, travel, and lifting heavy objects. 
• The work schedule may be variable from week to week, at times demanding long hours (e.g. 10-12 hour shifts), extensive travel to and from check station locations often in poor weather conditions, and up to 10% overnight travel. 
• Work areas and dutiesinclude hazards and require a commitment to exercise caution and follow rigorous protocols to ensure safety. 
• Exposure to potentially harmful biological and chemical agents and offensive sights and smells are routine. 
• Occasional exposure to outdoor hazards such as severe weather, work along roadways, and heavy lifting of dead animals is expected. 
• The CWD Technician will be expected to communicate with a wide variety of individuals including the Regional CWD coordinator, sportsmen/women, taxidermists, processors, landowners, professional biologists, wardens, personnel from other state and federal agencies and professional scientists from laboratories conducting testing procedures for the Wildlife Health Program.
• The technician must be knowledgeable about CWD and the agency’s plan for surveillance and management and be able to effectively communicate with FWP staff and the public. 
• The frequency of contact varies but some type of public engagement will be required on a daily basis. 

Day in the life of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician: A chronic wasting disease technician for the state of Montana is responsible for collecting and submitting CWD samples collected from harvested deer, elk, and moose during the general hunting season. Most technicians will be working on the weekends at one of our field sampling stations. At the beginning of each workday the technician will go to their assigned sampling station location and open it up for the day. This is usually some designated time early in the morning and the station stays open and ready for sampling until around sunset each day. The station opening involves setting up equipment for the day, opening signs, prepping for the cleaning of used sampling equipment and setting up a trash can. During the day the technician either working on their own, with a partner or alongside other FWP staff will be available to sample any suitable harvested animal that is brought in by the public.

For each animal, the technician will fill out a field survey on an iPad to collect harvest information from the hunter. The technician will then extract the retropharyngeal lymph nodes from the head of the animal, a tooth and muscle tissue sample from each animal, putting the samples in that animal’s designated sampling kit. The technician will give the hunter a card from the sampling kit that will provide them with information on how to look up their test result. Technicians will also have to clean and disinfect all equipment that was used to collect the sample, after each animal is tested. Samples will need to be organized and stored in a cooler or freezer. Technicians will also be trained to understand chronic wasting disease and answer questions about CWD that hunters might ask. If working at a field sampling station, the technician will have to drive their collected samples to their supervisor each week and help prepare samples  for shipment to the testing lab. At which time, they will also pick up any additional supplies they need for the following week.

*Please check our website to see which locations are still available or call/text us at 406-443-7169*

Apply today for IMMEDIATE consideration for our Wildlife Field Technician positions!

Military & Veterans encouraged to apply 

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is working with Westaff to recruit several Wildlife Field Technicians across the state of Montana!!

Term: October 15th – December 6th

Schedule: 40 hrs/week, hours and days vary depending on location, all weekends required for many locations

Pay: $20.11/hr

Duties of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician:

• Work at a CWD sampling station to collect biological samples from hunter-harvested and road-killed animals to assist with surveillance and monitoring efforts
• Record accurate field data
• Label and maintain accountability for all samples
• Enter sample data into a database
• Organize and package samples
• Submitting samples in a timely manner to the appropriate testing facility
• Sanitize sampling tools after each test
• Assemble CWD sampling kits
• Maintain accountability and inventories of equipment and check station supplies
• Make trips to regional dumps to dispose of deer carcass parts as needed
• Assist with the distribution of CWD-related educational materials to various groups/locations
• Assist with educational outreach with hunters and members of the public
• Perform other duties as needed

Qualifications:

• Experience with accurately collecting samples, labeling data, and data entry
• Ability to be comfortable around unpleasant smells and dead animal carcasses
• Ability to be outside for the majority of the day in inclement weather
• Ability to work in rural areas
• Some travel required
• Ability to effectively communicate and work with others
• Ability to lift heavy objects (50+ lbs)
• Must have ability to coordinate/pay for lodging for the entirety of the assignment

Benefits:

• Weekly pay!
• Benefits offered
• Amazing state opportunity

Special Information:

• Work will involve field, laboratory, and office activities that require adaptations and re-organization of work schedules, travel, and lifting heavy objects. 
• The work schedule may be variable from week to week, at times demanding long hours (e.g. 10-12 hour shifts), extensive travel to and from check station locations often in poor weather conditions, and up to 10% overnight travel. 
• Work areas and dutiesinclude hazards and require a commitment to exercise caution and follow rigorous protocols to ensure safety. 
• Exposure to potentially harmful biological and chemical agents and offensive sights and smells are routine. 
• Occasional exposure to outdoor hazards such as severe weather, work along roadways, and heavy lifting of dead animals is expected. 
• The CWD Technician will be expected to communicate with a wide variety of individuals including the Regional CWD coordinator, sportsmen/women, taxidermists, processors, landowners, professional biologists, wardens, personnel from other state and federal agencies and professional scientists from laboratories conducting testing procedures for the Wildlife Health Program.
• The technician must be knowledgeable about CWD and the agency’s plan for surveillance and management and be able to effectively communicate with FWP staff and the public. 
• The frequency of contact varies but some type of public engagement will be required on a daily basis. 

Day in the life of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician: A chronic wasting disease technician for the state of Montana is responsible for collecting and submitting CWD samples collected from harvested deer, elk, and moose during the general hunting season. Most technicians will be working on the weekends at one of our field sampling stations. At the beginning of each workday the technician will go to their assigned sampling station location and open it up for the day. This is usually some designated time early in the morning and the station stays open and ready for sampling until around sunset each day. The station opening involves setting up equipment for the day, opening signs, prepping for the cleaning of used sampling equipment and setting up a trash can. During the day the technician either working on their own, with a partner or alongside other FWP staff will be available to sample any suitable harvested animal that is brought in by the public.

For each animal, the technician will fill out a field survey on an iPad to collect harvest information from the hunter. The technician will then extract the retropharyngeal lymph nodes from the head of the animal, a tooth and muscle tissue sample from each animal, putting the samples in that animal’s designated sampling kit. The technician will give the hunter a card from the sampling kit that will provide them with information on how to look up their test result. Technicians will also have to clean and disinfect all equipment that was used to collect the sample, after each animal is tested. Samples will need to be organized and stored in a cooler or freezer. Technicians will also be trained to understand chronic wasting disease and answer questions about CWD that hunters might ask. If working at a field sampling station, the technician will have to drive their collected samples to their supervisor each week and help prepare samples  for shipment to the testing lab. At which time, they will also pick up any additional supplies they need for the following week.

*Please check our website to see which locations are still available or call/text us at 406-443-7169*

Apply today for IMMEDIATE consideration for our Wildlife Field Technician positions!

Military & Veterans encouraged to apply 

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is working with Westaff to recruit several Wildlife Field Technicians across the state of Montana!!

Term: October 15th – December 6th

Schedule: 40 hrs/week, hours and days vary depending on location, all weekends required for many locations

Pay: $20.11/hr

Duties of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician:

• Work at a CWD sampling station to collect biological samples from hunter-harvested and road-killed animals to assist with surveillance and monitoring efforts
• Record accurate field data
• Label and maintain accountability for all samples
• Enter sample data into a database
• Organize and package samples
• Submitting samples in a timely manner to the appropriate testing facility
• Sanitize sampling tools after each test
• Assemble CWD sampling kits
• Maintain accountability and inventories of equipment and check station supplies
• Make trips to regional dumps to dispose of deer carcass parts as needed
• Assist with the distribution of CWD-related educational materials to various groups/locations
• Assist with educational outreach with hunters and members of the public
• Perform other duties as needed

Qualifications:

• Experience with accurately collecting samples, labeling data, and data entry
• Ability to be comfortable around unpleasant smells and dead animal carcasses
• Ability to be outside for the majority of the day in inclement weather
• Ability to work in rural areas
• Some travel required
• Ability to effectively communicate and work with others
• Ability to lift heavy objects (50+ lbs)
• Must have ability to coordinate/pay for lodging for the entirety of the assignment

Benefits:

• Weekly pay!
• Benefits offered
• Amazing state opportunity

Special Information:

• Work will involve field, laboratory, and office activities that require adaptations and re-organization of work schedules, travel, and lifting heavy objects. 
• The work schedule may be variable from week to week, at times demanding long hours (e.g. 10-12 hour shifts), extensive travel to and from check station locations often in poor weather conditions, and up to 10% overnight travel. 
• Work areas and dutiesinclude hazards and require a commitment to exercise caution and follow rigorous protocols to ensure safety. 
• Exposure to potentially harmful biological and chemical agents and offensive sights and smells are routine. 
• Occasional exposure to outdoor hazards such as severe weather, work along roadways, and heavy lifting of dead animals is expected. 
• The CWD Technician will be expected to communicate with a wide variety of individuals including the Regional CWD coordinator, sportsmen/women, taxidermists, processors, landowners, professional biologists, wardens, personnel from other state and federal agencies and professional scientists from laboratories conducting testing procedures for the Wildlife Health Program.
• The technician must be knowledgeable about CWD and the agency’s plan for surveillance and management and be able to effectively communicate with FWP staff and the public. 
• The frequency of contact varies but some type of public engagement will be required on a daily basis. 

Day in the life of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician: A chronic wasting disease technician for the state of Montana is responsible for collecting and submitting CWD samples collected from harvested deer, elk, and moose during the general hunting season. Most technicians will be working on the weekends at one of our field sampling stations. At the beginning of each workday the technician will go to their assigned sampling station location and open it up for the day. This is usually some designated time early in the morning and the station stays open and ready for sampling until around sunset each day. The station opening involves setting up equipment for the day, opening signs, prepping for the cleaning of used sampling equipment and setting up a trash can. During the day the technician either working on their own, with a partner or alongside other FWP staff will be available to sample any suitable harvested animal that is brought in by the public.

For each animal, the technician will fill out a field survey on an iPad to collect harvest information from the hunter. The technician will then extract the retropharyngeal lymph nodes from the head of the animal, a tooth and muscle tissue sample from each animal, putting the samples in that animal’s designated sampling kit. The technician will give the hunter a card from the sampling kit that will provide them with information on how to look up their test result. Technicians will also have to clean and disinfect all equipment that was used to collect the sample, after each animal is tested. Samples will need to be organized and stored in a cooler or freezer. Technicians will also be trained to understand chronic wasting disease and answer questions about CWD that hunters might ask. If working at a field sampling station, the technician will have to drive their collected samples to their supervisor each week and help prepare samples  for shipment to the testing lab. At which time, they will also pick up any additional supplies they need for the following week.

*Please check our website to see which locations are still available or call/text us at 406-443-7169*

Apply today for IMMEDIATE consideration for our Wildlife Field Technician positions!

Military & Veterans encouraged to apply 

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is working with Westaff to recruit several Wildlife Field Technicians across the state of Montana!!

Term: October 15th – December 6th

Schedule: 40 hrs/week, hours and days vary depending on location, all weekends required for many locations

Pay: $20.11/hr

Duties of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician:

• Work at a CWD sampling station to collect biological samples from hunter-harvested and road-killed animals to assist with surveillance and monitoring efforts
• Record accurate field data
• Label and maintain accountability for all samples
• Enter sample data into a database
• Organize and package samples
• Submitting samples in a timely manner to the appropriate testing facility
• Sanitize sampling tools after each test
• Assemble CWD sampling kits
• Maintain accountability and inventories of equipment and check station supplies
• Make trips to regional dumps to dispose of deer carcass parts as needed
• Assist with the distribution of CWD-related educational materials to various groups/locations
• Assist with educational outreach with hunters and members of the public
• Perform other duties as needed

Qualifications:

• Experience with accurately collecting samples, labeling data, and data entry
• Ability to be comfortable around unpleasant smells and dead animal carcasses
• Ability to be outside for the majority of the day in inclement weather
• Ability to work in rural areas
• Some travel required
• Ability to effectively communicate and work with others
• Ability to lift heavy objects (50+ lbs)
• Must have ability to coordinate/pay for lodging for the entirety of the assignment

Benefits:

• Weekly pay!
• Benefits offered
• Amazing state opportunity

Special Information:

• Work will involve field, laboratory, and office activities that require adaptations and re-organization of work schedules, travel, and lifting heavy objects. 
• The work schedule may be variable from week to week, at times demanding long hours (e.g. 10-12 hour shifts), extensive travel to and from check station locations often in poor weather conditions, and up to 10% overnight travel. 
• Work areas and dutiesinclude hazards and require a commitment to exercise caution and follow rigorous protocols to ensure safety. 
• Exposure to potentially harmful biological and chemical agents and offensive sights and smells are routine. 
• Occasional exposure to outdoor hazards such as severe weather, work along roadways, and heavy lifting of dead animals is expected. 
• The CWD Technician will be expected to communicate with a wide variety of individuals including the Regional CWD coordinator, sportsmen/women, taxidermists, processors, landowners, professional biologists, wardens, personnel from other state and federal agencies and professional scientists from laboratories conducting testing procedures for the Wildlife Health Program.
• The technician must be knowledgeable about CWD and the agency’s plan for surveillance and management and be able to effectively communicate with FWP staff and the public. 
• The frequency of contact varies but some type of public engagement will be required on a daily basis. 

Day in the life of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician: A chronic wasting disease technician for the state of Montana is responsible for collecting and submitting CWD samples collected from harvested deer, elk, and moose during the general hunting season. Most technicians will be working on the weekends at one of our field sampling stations. At the beginning of each workday the technician will go to their assigned sampling station location and open it up for the day. This is usually some designated time early in the morning and the station stays open and ready for sampling until around sunset each day. The station opening involves setting up equipment for the day, opening signs, prepping for the cleaning of used sampling equipment and setting up a trash can. During the day the technician either working on their own, with a partner or alongside other FWP staff will be available to sample any suitable harvested animal that is brought in by the public.

For each animal, the technician will fill out a field survey on an iPad to collect harvest information from the hunter. The technician will then extract the retropharyngeal lymph nodes from the head of the animal, a tooth and muscle tissue sample from each animal, putting the samples in that animal’s designated sampling kit. The technician will give the hunter a card from the sampling kit that will provide them with information on how to look up their test result. Technicians will also have to clean and disinfect all equipment that was used to collect the sample, after each animal is tested. Samples will need to be organized and stored in a cooler or freezer. Technicians will also be trained to understand chronic wasting disease and answer questions about CWD that hunters might ask. If working at a field sampling station, the technician will have to drive their collected samples to their supervisor each week and help prepare samples  for shipment to the testing lab. At which time, they will also pick up any additional supplies they need for the following week.

*Please check our website to see which locations are still available or call/text us at 406-443-7169*

Apply today for IMMEDIATE consideration for our Wildlife Field Technician positions!

Military & Veterans encouraged to apply 

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is working with Westaff to recruit several Wildlife Field Technicians across the state of Montana!!

Term: October 15th – December 6th

Schedule: 40 hrs/week, hours and days vary depending on location, all weekends required for many locations

Pay: $20.11/hr

Duties of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician:

• Work at a CWD sampling station to collect biological samples from hunter-harvested and road-killed animals to assist with surveillance and monitoring efforts
• Record accurate field data
• Label and maintain accountability for all samples
• Enter sample data into a database
• Organize and package samples
• Submitting samples in a timely manner to the appropriate testing facility
• Sanitize sampling tools after each test
• Assemble CWD sampling kits
• Maintain accountability and inventories of equipment and check station supplies
• Make trips to regional dumps to dispose of deer carcass parts as needed
• Assist with the distribution of CWD-related educational materials to various groups/locations
• Assist with educational outreach with hunters and members of the public
• Perform other duties as needed

Qualifications:

• Experience with accurately collecting samples, labeling data, and data entry
• Ability to be comfortable around unpleasant smells and dead animal carcasses
• Ability to be outside for the majority of the day in inclement weather
• Ability to work in rural areas
• Some travel required
• Ability to effectively communicate and work with others
• Ability to lift heavy objects (50+ lbs)
• Must have ability to coordinate/pay for lodging for the entirety of the assignment

Benefits:

• Weekly pay!
• Benefits offered
• Amazing state opportunity

Special Information:

• Work will involve field, laboratory, and office activities that require adaptations and re-organization of work schedules, travel, and lifting heavy objects. 
• The work schedule may be variable from week to week, at times demanding long hours (e.g. 10-12 hour shifts), extensive travel to and from check station locations often in poor weather conditions, and up to 10% overnight travel. 
• Work areas and dutiesinclude hazards and require a commitment to exercise caution and follow rigorous protocols to ensure safety. 
• Exposure to potentially harmful biological and chemical agents and offensive sights and smells are routine. 
• Occasional exposure to outdoor hazards such as severe weather, work along roadways, and heavy lifting of dead animals is expected. 
• The CWD Technician will be expected to communicate with a wide variety of individuals including the Regional CWD coordinator, sportsmen/women, taxidermists, processors, landowners, professional biologists, wardens, personnel from other state and federal agencies and professional scientists from laboratories conducting testing procedures for the Wildlife Health Program.
• The technician must be knowledgeable about CWD and the agency’s plan for surveillance and management and be able to effectively communicate with FWP staff and the public. 
• The frequency of contact varies but some type of public engagement will be required on a daily basis. 

Day in the life of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician: A chronic wasting disease technician for the state of Montana is responsible for collecting and submitting CWD samples collected from harvested deer, elk, and moose during the general hunting season. Most technicians will be working on the weekends at one of our field sampling stations. At the beginning of each workday the technician will go to their assigned sampling station location and open it up for the day. This is usually some designated time early in the morning and the station stays open and ready for sampling until around sunset each day. The station opening involves setting up equipment for the day, opening signs, prepping for the cleaning of used sampling equipment and setting up a trash can. During the day the technician either working on their own, with a partner or alongside other FWP staff will be available to sample any suitable harvested animal that is brought in by the public.

For each animal, the technician will fill out a field survey on an iPad to collect harvest information from the hunter. The technician will then extract the retropharyngeal lymph nodes from the head of the animal, a tooth and muscle tissue sample from each animal, putting the samples in that animal’s designated sampling kit. The technician will give the hunter a card from the sampling kit that will provide them with information on how to look up their test result. Technicians will also have to clean and disinfect all equipment that was used to collect the sample, after each animal is tested. Samples will need to be organized and stored in a cooler or freezer. Technicians will also be trained to understand chronic wasting disease and answer questions about CWD that hunters might ask. If working at a field sampling station, the technician will have to drive their collected samples to their supervisor each week and help prepare samples  for shipment to the testing lab. At which time, they will also pick up any additional supplies they need for the following week.

*Please check our website to see which locations are still available or call/text us at 406-443-7169*

Apply today for IMMEDIATE consideration for our Wildlife Field Technician positions!

Military & Veterans encouraged to apply 

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is working with Westaff to recruit several Wildlife Field Technicians across the state of Montana!!

Term: October 15th – December 6th

Schedule: 40 hrs/week, hours and days vary depending on location, all weekends required for many locations

Pay: $20.11/hr

Duties of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician:

• Work at a CWD sampling station to collect biological samples from hunter-harvested and road-killed animals to assist with surveillance and monitoring efforts
• Record accurate field data
• Label and maintain accountability for all samples
• Enter sample data into a database
• Organize and package samples
• Submitting samples in a timely manner to the appropriate testing facility
• Sanitize sampling tools after each test
• Assemble CWD sampling kits
• Maintain accountability and inventories of equipment and check station supplies
• Make trips to regional dumps to dispose of deer carcass parts as needed
• Assist with the distribution of CWD-related educational materials to various groups/locations
• Assist with educational outreach with hunters and members of the public
• Perform other duties as needed

Qualifications:

• Experience with accurately collecting samples, labeling data, and data entry
• Ability to be comfortable around unpleasant smells and dead animal carcasses
• Ability to be outside for the majority of the day in inclement weather
• Ability to work in rural areas
• Some travel required
• Ability to effectively communicate and work with others
• Ability to lift heavy objects (50+ lbs)
• Must have ability to coordinate/pay for lodging for the entirety of the assignment

Benefits:

• Weekly pay!
• Benefits offered
• Amazing state opportunity

Special Information:

• Work will involve field, laboratory, and office activities that require adaptations and re-organization of work schedules, travel, and lifting heavy objects. 
• The work schedule may be variable from week to week, at times demanding long hours (e.g. 10-12 hour shifts), extensive travel to and from check station locations often in poor weather conditions, and up to 10% overnight travel. 
• Work areas and dutiesinclude hazards and require a commitment to exercise caution and follow rigorous protocols to ensure safety. 
• Exposure to potentially harmful biological and chemical agents and offensive sights and smells are routine. 
• Occasional exposure to outdoor hazards such as severe weather, work along roadways, and heavy lifting of dead animals is expected. 
• The CWD Technician will be expected to communicate with a wide variety of individuals including the Regional CWD coordinator, sportsmen/women, taxidermists, processors, landowners, professional biologists, wardens, personnel from other state and federal agencies and professional scientists from laboratories conducting testing procedures for the Wildlife Health Program.
• The technician must be knowledgeable about CWD and the agency’s plan for surveillance and management and be able to effectively communicate with FWP staff and the public. 
• The frequency of contact varies but some type of public engagement will be required on a daily basis. 

Day in the life of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician: A chronic wasting disease technician for the state of Montana is responsible for collecting and submitting CWD samples collected from harvested deer, elk, and moose during the general hunting season. Most technicians will be working on the weekends at one of our field sampling stations. At the beginning of each workday the technician will go to their assigned sampling station location and open it up for the day. This is usually some designated time early in the morning and the station stays open and ready for sampling until around sunset each day. The station opening involves setting up equipment for the day, opening signs, prepping for the cleaning of used sampling equipment and setting up a trash can. During the day the technician either working on their own, with a partner or alongside other FWP staff will be available to sample any suitable harvested animal that is brought in by the public.

For each animal, the technician will fill out a field survey on an iPad to collect harvest information from the hunter. The technician will then extract the retropharyngeal lymph nodes from the head of the animal, a tooth and muscle tissue sample from each animal, putting the samples in that animal’s designated sampling kit. The technician will give the hunter a card from the sampling kit that will provide them with information on how to look up their test result. Technicians will also have to clean and disinfect all equipment that was used to collect the sample, after each animal is tested. Samples will need to be organized and stored in a cooler or freezer. Technicians will also be trained to understand chronic wasting disease and answer questions about CWD that hunters might ask. If working at a field sampling station, the technician will have to drive their collected samples to their supervisor each week and help prepare samples  for shipment to the testing lab. At which time, they will also pick up any additional supplies they need for the following week.

*Please check our website to see which locations are still available or call/text us at 406-443-7169*

Apply today for IMMEDIATE consideration for our Wildlife Field Technician positions!

Military & Veterans encouraged to apply 

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is working with Westaff to recruit several Wildlife Field Technicians across the state of Montana!!

Term: October 15th – December 6th

Schedule: 40 hrs/week, hours and days vary depending on location, all weekends required for many locations

Pay: $20.11/hr

Duties of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician:

• Work at a CWD sampling station to collect biological samples from hunter-harvested and road-killed animals to assist with surveillance and monitoring efforts
• Record accurate field data
• Label and maintain accountability for all samples
• Enter sample data into a database
• Organize and package samples
• Submitting samples in a timely manner to the appropriate testing facility
• Sanitize sampling tools after each test
• Assemble CWD sampling kits
• Maintain accountability and inventories of equipment and check station supplies
• Make trips to regional dumps to dispose of deer carcass parts as needed
• Assist with the distribution of CWD-related educational materials to various groups/locations
• Assist with educational outreach with hunters and members of the public
• Perform other duties as needed

Qualifications:

• Experience with accurately collecting samples, labeling data, and data entry
• Ability to be comfortable around unpleasant smells and dead animal carcasses
• Ability to be outside for the majority of the day in inclement weather
• Ability to work in rural areas
• Some travel required
• Ability to effectively communicate and work with others
• Ability to lift heavy objects (50+ lbs)
• Must have ability to coordinate/pay for lodging for the entirety of the assignment

Benefits:

• Weekly pay!
• Benefits offered
• Amazing state opportunity

Special Information:

• Work will involve field, laboratory, and office activities that require adaptations and re-organization of work schedules, travel, and lifting heavy objects. 
• The work schedule may be variable from week to week, at times demanding long hours (e.g. 10-12 hour shifts), extensive travel to and from check station locations often in poor weather conditions, and up to 10% overnight travel. 
• Work areas and dutiesinclude hazards and require a commitment to exercise caution and follow rigorous protocols to ensure safety. 
• Exposure to potentially harmful biological and chemical agents and offensive sights and smells are routine. 
• Occasional exposure to outdoor hazards such as severe weather, work along roadways, and heavy lifting of dead animals is expected. 
• The CWD Technician will be expected to communicate with a wide variety of individuals including the Regional CWD coordinator, sportsmen/women, taxidermists, processors, landowners, professional biologists, wardens, personnel from other state and federal agencies and professional scientists from laboratories conducting testing procedures for the Wildlife Health Program.
• The technician must be knowledgeable about CWD and the agency’s plan for surveillance and management and be able to effectively communicate with FWP staff and the public. 
• The frequency of contact varies but some type of public engagement will be required on a daily basis. 

Day in the life of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician: A chronic wasting disease technician for the state of Montana is responsible for collecting and submitting CWD samples collected from harvested deer, elk, and moose during the general hunting season. Most technicians will be working on the weekends at one of our field sampling stations. At the beginning of each workday the technician will go to their assigned sampling station location and open it up for the day. This is usually some designated time early in the morning and the station stays open and ready for sampling until around sunset each day. The station opening involves setting up equipment for the day, opening signs, prepping for the cleaning of used sampling equipment and setting up a trash can. During the day the technician either working on their own, with a partner or alongside other FWP staff will be available to sample any suitable harvested animal that is brought in by the public.

For each animal, the technician will fill out a field survey on an iPad to collect harvest information from the hunter. The technician will then extract the retropharyngeal lymph nodes from the head of the animal, a tooth and muscle tissue sample from each animal, putting the samples in that animal’s designated sampling kit. The technician will give the hunter a card from the sampling kit that will provide them with information on how to look up their test result. Technicians will also have to clean and disinfect all equipment that was used to collect the sample, after each animal is tested. Samples will need to be organized and stored in a cooler or freezer. Technicians will also be trained to understand chronic wasting disease and answer questions about CWD that hunters might ask. If working at a field sampling station, the technician will have to drive their collected samples to their supervisor each week and help prepare samples  for shipment to the testing lab. At which time, they will also pick up any additional supplies they need for the following week.

*Please check our website to see which locations are still available or call/text us at 406-443-7169*

Apply today for IMMEDIATE consideration for our Wildlife Field Technician positions!

Military & Veterans encouraged to apply 

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is working with Westaff to recruit several Wildlife Field Technicians across the state of Montana!!

Term: October 15th – December 6th

Schedule: 40 hrs/week, hours and days vary depending on location, all weekends required for many locations

Pay: $20.11/hr

Duties of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician:

• Work at a CWD sampling station to collect biological samples from hunter-harvested and road-killed animals to assist with surveillance and monitoring efforts
• Record accurate field data
• Label and maintain accountability for all samples
• Enter sample data into a database
• Organize and package samples
• Submitting samples in a timely manner to the appropriate testing facility
• Sanitize sampling tools after each test
• Assemble CWD sampling kits
• Maintain accountability and inventories of equipment and check station supplies
• Make trips to regional dumps to dispose of deer carcass parts as needed
• Assist with the distribution of CWD-related educational materials to various groups/locations
• Assist with educational outreach with hunters and members of the public
• Perform other duties as needed

Qualifications:

• Experience with accurately collecting samples, labeling data, and data entry
• Ability to be comfortable around unpleasant smells and dead animal carcasses
• Ability to be outside for the majority of the day in inclement weather
• Ability to work in rural areas
• Some travel required
• Ability to effectively communicate and work with others
• Ability to lift heavy objects (50+ lbs)
• Must have ability to coordinate/pay for lodging for the entirety of the assignment

Benefits:

• Weekly pay!
• Benefits offered
• Amazing state opportunity

Special Information:

• Work will involve field, laboratory, and office activities that require adaptations and re-organization of work schedules, travel, and lifting heavy objects. 
• The work schedule may be variable from week to week, at times demanding long hours (e.g. 10-12 hour shifts), extensive travel to and from check station locations often in poor weather conditions, and up to 10% overnight travel. 
• Work areas and dutiesinclude hazards and require a commitment to exercise caution and follow rigorous protocols to ensure safety. 
• Exposure to potentially harmful biological and chemical agents and offensive sights and smells are routine. 
• Occasional exposure to outdoor hazards such as severe weather, work along roadways, and heavy lifting of dead animals is expected. 
• The CWD Technician will be expected to communicate with a wide variety of individuals including the Regional CWD coordinator, sportsmen/women, taxidermists, processors, landowners, professional biologists, wardens, personnel from other state and federal agencies and professional scientists from laboratories conducting testing procedures for the Wildlife Health Program.
• The technician must be knowledgeable about CWD and the agency’s plan for surveillance and management and be able to effectively communicate with FWP staff and the public. 
• The frequency of contact varies but some type of public engagement will be required on a daily basis. 

Day in the life of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician: A chronic wasting disease technician for the state of Montana is responsible for collecting and submitting CWD samples collected from harvested deer, elk, and moose during the general hunting season. Most technicians will be working on the weekends at one of our field sampling stations. At the beginning of each workday the technician will go to their assigned sampling station location and open it up for the day. This is usually some designated time early in the morning and the station stays open and ready for sampling until around sunset each day. The station opening involves setting up equipment for the day, opening signs, prepping for the cleaning of used sampling equipment and setting up a trash can. During the day the technician either working on their own, with a partner or alongside other FWP staff will be available to sample any suitable harvested animal that is brought in by the public.

For each animal, the technician will fill out a field survey on an iPad to collect harvest information from the hunter. The technician will then extract the retropharyngeal lymph nodes from the head of the animal, a tooth and muscle tissue sample from each animal, putting the samples in that animal’s designated sampling kit. The technician will give the hunter a card from the sampling kit that will provide them with information on how to look up their test result. Technicians will also have to clean and disinfect all equipment that was used to collect the sample, after each animal is tested. Samples will need to be organized and stored in a cooler or freezer. Technicians will also be trained to understand chronic wasting disease and answer questions about CWD that hunters might ask. If working at a field sampling station, the technician will have to drive their collected samples to their supervisor each week and help prepare samples  for shipment to the testing lab. At which time, they will also pick up any additional supplies they need for the following week.

*Please check our website to see which locations are still available or call/text us at 406-443-7169*

Apply today for IMMEDIATE consideration for our Wildlife Field Technician positions!

Military & Veterans encouraged to apply 

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is working with Westaff to recruit several Wildlife Field Technicians across the state of Montana!!

Term: October 15th – December 6th

Schedule: 40 hrs/week, hours and days vary depending on location, all weekends required for many locations

Pay: $20.11/hr

Duties of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician:

• Work at a CWD sampling station to collect biological samples from hunter-harvested and road-killed animals to assist with surveillance and monitoring efforts
• Record accurate field data
• Label and maintain accountability for all samples
• Enter sample data into a database
• Organize and package samples
• Submitting samples in a timely manner to the appropriate testing facility
• Sanitize sampling tools after each test
• Assemble CWD sampling kits
• Maintain accountability and inventories of equipment and check station supplies
• Make trips to regional dumps to dispose of deer carcass parts as needed
• Assist with the distribution of CWD-related educational materials to various groups/locations
• Assist with educational outreach with hunters and members of the public
• Perform other duties as needed

Qualifications:

• Experience with accurately collecting samples, labeling data, and data entry
• Ability to be comfortable around unpleasant smells and dead animal carcasses
• Ability to be outside for the majority of the day in inclement weather
• Ability to work in rural areas
• Some travel required
• Ability to effectively communicate and work with others
• Ability to lift heavy objects (50+ lbs)
• Must have ability to coordinate/pay for lodging for the entirety of the assignment

Benefits:

• Weekly pay!
• Benefits offered
• Amazing state opportunity

Special Information:

• Work will involve field, laboratory, and office activities that require adaptations and re-organization of work schedules, travel, and lifting heavy objects. 
• The work schedule may be variable from week to week, at times demanding long hours (e.g. 10-12 hour shifts), extensive travel to and from check station locations often in poor weather conditions, and up to 10% overnight travel. 
• Work areas and dutiesinclude hazards and require a commitment to exercise caution and follow rigorous protocols to ensure safety. 
• Exposure to potentially harmful biological and chemical agents and offensive sights and smells are routine. 
• Occasional exposure to outdoor hazards such as severe weather, work along roadways, and heavy lifting of dead animals is expected. 
• The CWD Technician will be expected to communicate with a wide variety of individuals including the Regional CWD coordinator, sportsmen/women, taxidermists, processors, landowners, professional biologists, wardens, personnel from other state and federal agencies and professional scientists from laboratories conducting testing procedures for the Wildlife Health Program.
• The technician must be knowledgeable about CWD and the agency’s plan for surveillance and management and be able to effectively communicate with FWP staff and the public. 
• The frequency of contact varies but some type of public engagement will be required on a daily basis. 

Day in the life of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician: A chronic wasting disease technician for the state of Montana is responsible for collecting and submitting CWD samples collected from harvested deer, elk, and moose during the general hunting season. Most technicians will be working on the weekends at one of our field sampling stations. At the beginning of each workday the technician will go to their assigned sampling station location and open it up for the day. This is usually some designated time early in the morning and the station stays open and ready for sampling until around sunset each day. The station opening involves setting up equipment for the day, opening signs, prepping for the cleaning of used sampling equipment and setting up a trash can. During the day the technician either working on their own, with a partner or alongside other FWP staff will be available to sample any suitable harvested animal that is brought in by the public.

For each animal, the technician will fill out a field survey on an iPad to collect harvest information from the hunter. The technician will then extract the retropharyngeal lymph nodes from the head of the animal, a tooth and muscle tissue sample from each animal, putting the samples in that animal’s designated sampling kit. The technician will give the hunter a card from the sampling kit that will provide them with information on how to look up their test result. Technicians will also have to clean and disinfect all equipment that was used to collect the sample, after each animal is tested. Samples will need to be organized and stored in a cooler or freezer. Technicians will also be trained to understand chronic wasting disease and answer questions about CWD that hunters might ask. If working at a field sampling station, the technician will have to drive their collected samples to their supervisor each week and help prepare samples  for shipment to the testing lab. At which time, they will also pick up any additional supplies they need for the following week.

*Please check our website to see which locations are still available or call/text us at 406-443-7169*

Apply today for IMMEDIATE consideration for our Wildlife Field Technician positions!

Military & Veterans encouraged to apply 

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is working with Westaff to recruit several Wildlife Field Technicians across the state of Montana!!

Term: October 15th – December 6th

Schedule: 40 hrs/week, hours and days vary depending on location, all weekends required for many locations

Pay: $20.11/hr

Duties of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician:

• Work at a CWD sampling station to collect biological samples from hunter-harvested and road-killed animals to assist with surveillance and monitoring efforts
• Record accurate field data
• Label and maintain accountability for all samples
• Enter sample data into a database
• Organize and package samples
• Submitting samples in a timely manner to the appropriate testing facility
• Sanitize sampling tools after each test
• Assemble CWD sampling kits
• Maintain accountability and inventories of equipment and check station supplies
• Make trips to regional dumps to dispose of deer carcass parts as needed
• Assist with the distribution of CWD-related educational materials to various groups/locations
• Assist with educational outreach with hunters and members of the public
• Perform other duties as needed

Qualifications:

• Experience with accurately collecting samples, labeling data, and data entry
• Ability to be comfortable around unpleasant smells and dead animal carcasses
• Ability to be outside for the majority of the day in inclement weather
• Ability to work in rural areas
• Some travel required
• Ability to effectively communicate and work with others
• Ability to lift heavy objects (50+ lbs)
• Must have ability to coordinate/pay for lodging for the entirety of the assignment

Benefits:

• Weekly pay!
• Benefits offered
• Amazing state opportunity

Special Information:

• Work will involve field, laboratory, and office activities that require adaptations and re-organization of work schedules, travel, and lifting heavy objects. 
• The work schedule may be variable from week to week, at times demanding long hours (e.g. 10-12 hour shifts), extensive travel to and from check station locations often in poor weather conditions, and up to 10% overnight travel. 
• Work areas and dutiesinclude hazards and require a commitment to exercise caution and follow rigorous protocols to ensure safety. 
• Exposure to potentially harmful biological and chemical agents and offensive sights and smells are routine. 
• Occasional exposure to outdoor hazards such as severe weather, work along roadways, and heavy lifting of dead animals is expected. 
• The CWD Technician will be expected to communicate with a wide variety of individuals including the Regional CWD coordinator, sportsmen/women, taxidermists, processors, landowners, professional biologists, wardens, personnel from other state and federal agencies and professional scientists from laboratories conducting testing procedures for the Wildlife Health Program.
• The technician must be knowledgeable about CWD and the agency’s plan for surveillance and management and be able to effectively communicate with FWP staff and the public. 
• The frequency of contact varies but some type of public engagement will be required on a daily basis. 

Day in the life of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician: A chronic wasting disease technician for the state of Montana is responsible for collecting and submitting CWD samples collected from harvested deer, elk, and moose during the general hunting season. Most technicians will be working on the weekends at one of our field sampling stations. At the beginning of each workday the technician will go to their assigned sampling station location and open it up for the day. This is usually some designated time early in the morning and the station stays open and ready for sampling until around sunset each day. The station opening involves setting up equipment for the day, opening signs, prepping for the cleaning of used sampling equipment and setting up a trash can. During the day the technician either working on their own, with a partner or alongside other FWP staff will be available to sample any suitable harvested animal that is brought in by the public.

For each animal, the technician will fill out a field survey on an iPad to collect harvest information from the hunter. The technician will then extract the retropharyngeal lymph nodes from the head of the animal, a tooth and muscle tissue sample from each animal, putting the samples in that animal’s designated sampling kit. The technician will give the hunter a card from the sampling kit that will provide them with information on how to look up their test result. Technicians will also have to clean and disinfect all equipment that was used to collect the sample, after each animal is tested. Samples will need to be organized and stored in a cooler or freezer. Technicians will also be trained to understand chronic wasting disease and answer questions about CWD that hunters might ask. If working at a field sampling station, the technician will have to drive their collected samples to their supervisor each week and help prepare samples  for shipment to the testing lab. At which time, they will also pick up any additional supplies they need for the following week.

*Please check our website to see which locations are still available or call/text us at 406-443-7169*

Apply today for IMMEDIATE consideration for our Wildlife Field Technician positions!

Military & Veterans encouraged to apply 

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is working with Westaff to recruit several Wildlife Field Technicians across the state of Montana!!

Term: October 15th – December 6th

Schedule: 40 hrs/week, hours and days vary depending on location, all weekends required for many locations

Pay: $20.11/hr

Duties of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician:

• Work at a CWD sampling station to collect biological samples from hunter-harvested and road-killed animals to assist with surveillance and monitoring efforts
• Record accurate field data
• Label and maintain accountability for all samples
• Enter sample data into a database
• Organize and package samples
• Submitting samples in a timely manner to the appropriate testing facility
• Sanitize sampling tools after each test
• Assemble CWD sampling kits
• Maintain accountability and inventories of equipment and check station supplies
• Make trips to regional dumps to dispose of deer carcass parts as needed
• Assist with the distribution of CWD-related educational materials to various groups/locations
• Assist with educational outreach with hunters and members of the public
• Perform other duties as needed

Qualifications:

• Experience with accurately collecting samples, labeling data, and data entry
• Ability to be comfortable around unpleasant smells and dead animal carcasses
• Ability to be outside for the majority of the day in inclement weather
• Ability to work in rural areas
• Some travel required
• Ability to effectively communicate and work with others
• Ability to lift heavy objects (50+ lbs)
• Must have ability to coordinate/pay for lodging for the entirety of the assignment

Benefits:

• Weekly pay!
• Benefits offered
• Amazing state opportunity

Special Information:

• Work will involve field, laboratory, and office activities that require adaptations and re-organization of work schedules, travel, and lifting heavy objects. 
• The work schedule may be variable from week to week, at times demanding long hours (e.g. 10-12 hour shifts), extensive travel to and from check station locations often in poor weather conditions, and up to 10% overnight travel. 
• Work areas and dutiesinclude hazards and require a commitment to exercise caution and follow rigorous protocols to ensure safety. 
• Exposure to potentially harmful biological and chemical agents and offensive sights and smells are routine. 
• Occasional exposure to outdoor hazards such as severe weather, work along roadways, and heavy lifting of dead animals is expected. 
• The CWD Technician will be expected to communicate with a wide variety of individuals including the Regional CWD coordinator, sportsmen/women, taxidermists, processors, landowners, professional biologists, wardens, personnel from other state and federal agencies and professional scientists from laboratories conducting testing procedures for the Wildlife Health Program.
• The technician must be knowledgeable about CWD and the agency’s plan for surveillance and management and be able to effectively communicate with FWP staff and the public. 
• The frequency of contact varies but some type of public engagement will be required on a daily basis. 

Day in the life of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician: A chronic wasting disease technician for the state of Montana is responsible for collecting and submitting CWD samples collected from harvested deer, elk, and moose during the general hunting season. Most technicians will be working on the weekends at one of our field sampling stations. At the beginning of each workday the technician will go to their assigned sampling station location and open it up for the day. This is usually some designated time early in the morning and the station stays open and ready for sampling until around sunset each day. The station opening involves setting up equipment for the day, opening signs, prepping for the cleaning of used sampling equipment and setting up a trash can. During the day the technician either working on their own, with a partner or alongside other FWP staff will be available to sample any suitable harvested animal that is brought in by the public.

For each animal, the technician will fill out a field survey on an iPad to collect harvest information from the hunter. The technician will then extract the retropharyngeal lymph nodes from the head of the animal, a tooth and muscle tissue sample from each animal, putting the samples in that animal’s designated sampling kit. The technician will give the hunter a card from the sampling kit that will provide them with information on how to look up their test result. Technicians will also have to clean and disinfect all equipment that was used to collect the sample, after each animal is tested. Samples will need to be organized and stored in a cooler or freezer. Technicians will also be trained to understand chronic wasting disease and answer questions about CWD that hunters might ask. If working at a field sampling station, the technician will have to drive their collected samples to their supervisor each week and help prepare samples  for shipment to the testing lab. At which time, they will also pick up any additional supplies they need for the following week.

*Please check our website to see which locations are still available or call/text us at 406-443-7169*

Apply today for IMMEDIATE consideration for our Wildlife Field Technician positions!

Military & Veterans encouraged to apply 

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is working with Westaff to recruit several Wildlife Field Technicians across the state of Montana!!

Term: October 15th – December 6th

Schedule: 40 hrs/week, hours and days vary depending on location, all weekends required for many locations

Pay: $20.11/hr

Duties of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician:

• Work at a CWD sampling station to collect biological samples from hunter-harvested and road-killed animals to assist with surveillance and monitoring efforts
• Record accurate field data
• Label and maintain accountability for all samples
• Enter sample data into a database
• Organize and package samples
• Submitting samples in a timely manner to the appropriate testing facility
• Sanitize sampling tools after each test
• Assemble CWD sampling kits
• Maintain accountability and inventories of equipment and check station supplies
• Make trips to regional dumps to dispose of deer carcass parts as needed
• Assist with the distribution of CWD-related educational materials to various groups/locations
• Assist with educational outreach with hunters and members of the public
• Perform other duties as needed

Qualifications:

• Experience with accurately collecting samples, labeling data, and data entry
• Ability to be comfortable around unpleasant smells and dead animal carcasses
• Ability to be outside for the majority of the day in inclement weather
• Ability to work in rural areas
• Some travel required
• Ability to effectively communicate and work with others
• Ability to lift heavy objects (50+ lbs)
• Must have ability to coordinate/pay for lodging for the entirety of the assignment

Benefits:

• Weekly pay!
• Benefits offered
• Amazing state opportunity

Special Information:

• Work will involve field, laboratory, and office activities that require adaptations and re-organization of work schedules, travel, and lifting heavy objects. 
• The work schedule may be variable from week to week, at times demanding long hours (e.g. 10-12 hour shifts), extensive travel to and from check station locations often in poor weather conditions, and up to 10% overnight travel. 
• Work areas and dutiesinclude hazards and require a commitment to exercise caution and follow rigorous protocols to ensure safety. 
• Exposure to potentially harmful biological and chemical agents and offensive sights and smells are routine. 
• Occasional exposure to outdoor hazards such as severe weather, work along roadways, and heavy lifting of dead animals is expected. 
• The CWD Technician will be expected to communicate with a wide variety of individuals including the Regional CWD coordinator, sportsmen/women, taxidermists, processors, landowners, professional biologists, wardens, personnel from other state and federal agencies and professional scientists from laboratories conducting testing procedures for the Wildlife Health Program.
• The technician must be knowledgeable about CWD and the agency’s plan for surveillance and management and be able to effectively communicate with FWP staff and the public. 
• The frequency of contact varies but some type of public engagement will be required on a daily basis. 

Day in the life of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician: A chronic wasting disease technician for the state of Montana is responsible for collecting and submitting CWD samples collected from harvested deer, elk, and moose during the general hunting season. Most technicians will be working on the weekends at one of our field sampling stations. At the beginning of each workday the technician will go to their assigned sampling station location and open it up for the day. This is usually some designated time early in the morning and the station stays open and ready for sampling until around sunset each day. The station opening involves setting up equipment for the day, opening signs, prepping for the cleaning of used sampling equipment and setting up a trash can. During the day the technician either working on their own, with a partner or alongside other FWP staff will be available to sample any suitable harvested animal that is brought in by the public.

For each animal, the technician will fill out a field survey on an iPad to collect harvest information from the hunter. The technician will then extract the retropharyngeal lymph nodes from the head of the animal, a tooth and muscle tissue sample from each animal, putting the samples in that animal’s designated sampling kit. The technician will give the hunter a card from the sampling kit that will provide them with information on how to look up their test result. Technicians will also have to clean and disinfect all equipment that was used to collect the sample, after each animal is tested. Samples will need to be organized and stored in a cooler or freezer. Technicians will also be trained to understand chronic wasting disease and answer questions about CWD that hunters might ask. If working at a field sampling station, the technician will have to drive their collected samples to their supervisor each week and help prepare samples  for shipment to the testing lab. At which time, they will also pick up any additional supplies they need for the following week.

*Please check our website to see which locations are still available or call/text us at 406-443-7169*

Apply today for IMMEDIATE consideration for our Wildlife Field Technician positions!

Military & Veterans encouraged to apply 

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is working with Westaff to recruit several Wildlife Field Technicians across the state of Montana!!

Term: October 15th – December 6th

Schedule: 40 hrs/week, hours and days vary depending on location, all weekends required for many locations

Pay: $20.11/hr

Duties of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician:

• Work at a CWD sampling station to collect biological samples from hunter-harvested and road-killed animals to assist with surveillance and monitoring efforts
• Record accurate field data
• Label and maintain accountability for all samples
• Enter sample data into a database
• Organize and package samples
• Submitting samples in a timely manner to the appropriate testing facility
• Sanitize sampling tools after each test
• Assemble CWD sampling kits
• Maintain accountability and inventories of equipment and check station supplies
• Make trips to regional dumps to dispose of deer carcass parts as needed
• Assist with the distribution of CWD-related educational materials to various groups/locations
• Assist with educational outreach with hunters and members of the public
• Perform other duties as needed

Qualifications:

• Experience with accurately collecting samples, labeling data, and data entry
• Ability to be comfortable around unpleasant smells and dead animal carcasses
• Ability to be outside for the majority of the day in inclement weather
• Ability to work in rural areas
• Some travel required
• Ability to effectively communicate and work with others
• Ability to lift heavy objects (50+ lbs)
• Must have ability to coordinate/pay for lodging for the entirety of the assignment

Benefits:

• Weekly pay!
• Benefits offered
• Amazing state opportunity

Special Information:

• Work will involve field, laboratory, and office activities that require adaptations and re-organization of work schedules, travel, and lifting heavy objects. 
• The work schedule may be variable from week to week, at times demanding long hours (e.g. 10-12 hour shifts), extensive travel to and from check station locations often in poor weather conditions, and up to 10% overnight travel. 
• Work areas and dutiesinclude hazards and require a commitment to exercise caution and follow rigorous protocols to ensure safety. 
• Exposure to potentially harmful biological and chemical agents and offensive sights and smells are routine. 
• Occasional exposure to outdoor hazards such as severe weather, work along roadways, and heavy lifting of dead animals is expected. 
• The CWD Technician will be expected to communicate with a wide variety of individuals including the Regional CWD coordinator, sportsmen/women, taxidermists, processors, landowners, professional biologists, wardens, personnel from other state and federal agencies and professional scientists from laboratories conducting testing procedures for the Wildlife Health Program.
• The technician must be knowledgeable about CWD and the agency’s plan for surveillance and management and be able to effectively communicate with FWP staff and the public. 
• The frequency of contact varies but some type of public engagement will be required on a daily basis. 

Day in the life of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician: A chronic wasting disease technician for the state of Montana is responsible for collecting and submitting CWD samples collected from harvested deer, elk, and moose during the general hunting season. Most technicians will be working on the weekends at one of our field sampling stations. At the beginning of each workday the technician will go to their assigned sampling station location and open it up for the day. This is usually some designated time early in the morning and the station stays open and ready for sampling until around sunset each day. The station opening involves setting up equipment for the day, opening signs, prepping for the cleaning of used sampling equipment and setting up a trash can. During the day the technician either working on their own, with a partner or alongside other FWP staff will be available to sample any suitable harvested animal that is brought in by the public.

For each animal, the technician will fill out a field survey on an iPad to collect harvest information from the hunter. The technician will then extract the retropharyngeal lymph nodes from the head of the animal, a tooth and muscle tissue sample from each animal, putting the samples in that animal’s designated sampling kit. The technician will give the hunter a card from the sampling kit that will provide them with information on how to look up their test result. Technicians will also have to clean and disinfect all equipment that was used to collect the sample, after each animal is tested. Samples will need to be organized and stored in a cooler or freezer. Technicians will also be trained to understand chronic wasting disease and answer questions about CWD that hunters might ask. If working at a field sampling station, the technician will have to drive their collected samples to their supervisor each week and help prepare samples  for shipment to the testing lab. At which time, they will also pick up any additional supplies they need for the following week.

*Please check our website to see which locations are still available or call/text us at 406-443-7169*

Apply today for IMMEDIATE consideration for our Wildlife Field Technician positions!

Military & Veterans encouraged to apply 

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is working with Westaff to recruit several Wildlife Field Technicians across the state of Montana!!

Term: October 15th – December 6th

Schedule: 40 hrs/week, hours and days vary depending on location, all weekends required for many locations

Pay: $20.11/hr

Duties of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician:

• Work at a CWD sampling station to collect biological samples from hunter-harvested and road-killed animals to assist with surveillance and monitoring efforts
• Record accurate field data
• Label and maintain accountability for all samples
• Enter sample data into a database
• Organize and package samples
• Submitting samples in a timely manner to the appropriate testing facility
• Sanitize sampling tools after each test
• Assemble CWD sampling kits
• Maintain accountability and inventories of equipment and check station supplies
• Make trips to regional dumps to dispose of deer carcass parts as needed
• Assist with the distribution of CWD-related educational materials to various groups/locations
• Assist with educational outreach with hunters and members of the public
• Perform other duties as needed

Qualifications:

• Experience with accurately collecting samples, labeling data, and data entry
• Ability to be comfortable around unpleasant smells and dead animal carcasses
• Ability to be outside for the majority of the day in inclement weather
• Ability to work in rural areas
• Some travel required
• Ability to effectively communicate and work with others
• Ability to lift heavy objects (50+ lbs)
• Must have ability to coordinate/pay for lodging for the entirety of the assignment

Benefits:

• Weekly pay!
• Benefits offered
• Amazing state opportunity

Special Information:

• Work will involve field, laboratory, and office activities that require adaptations and re-organization of work schedules, travel, and lifting heavy objects. 
• The work schedule may be variable from week to week, at times demanding long hours (e.g. 10-12 hour shifts), extensive travel to and from check station locations often in poor weather conditions, and up to 10% overnight travel. 
• Work areas and dutiesinclude hazards and require a commitment to exercise caution and follow rigorous protocols to ensure safety. 
• Exposure to potentially harmful biological and chemical agents and offensive sights and smells are routine. 
• Occasional exposure to outdoor hazards such as severe weather, work along roadways, and heavy lifting of dead animals is expected. 
• The CWD Technician will be expected to communicate with a wide variety of individuals including the Regional CWD coordinator, sportsmen/women, taxidermists, processors, landowners, professional biologists, wardens, personnel from other state and federal agencies and professional scientists from laboratories conducting testing procedures for the Wildlife Health Program.
• The technician must be knowledgeable about CWD and the agency’s plan for surveillance and management and be able to effectively communicate with FWP staff and the public. 
• The frequency of contact varies but some type of public engagement will be required on a daily basis. 

Day in the life of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician: A chronic wasting disease technician for the state of Montana is responsible for collecting and submitting CWD samples collected from harvested deer, elk, and moose during the general hunting season. Most technicians will be working on the weekends at one of our field sampling stations. At the beginning of each workday the technician will go to their assigned sampling station location and open it up for the day. This is usually some designated time early in the morning and the station stays open and ready for sampling until around sunset each day. The station opening involves setting up equipment for the day, opening signs, prepping for the cleaning of used sampling equipment and setting up a trash can. During the day the technician either working on their own, with a partner or alongside other FWP staff will be available to sample any suitable harvested animal that is brought in by the public.

For each animal, the technician will fill out a field survey on an iPad to collect harvest information from the hunter. The technician will then extract the retropharyngeal lymph nodes from the head of the animal, a tooth and muscle tissue sample from each animal, putting the samples in that animal’s designated sampling kit. The technician will give the hunter a card from the sampling kit that will provide them with information on how to look up their test result. Technicians will also have to clean and disinfect all equipment that was used to collect the sample, after each animal is tested. Samples will need to be organized and stored in a cooler or freezer. Technicians will also be trained to understand chronic wasting disease and answer questions about CWD that hunters might ask. If working at a field sampling station, the technician will have to drive their collected samples to their supervisor each week and help prepare samples  for shipment to the testing lab. At which time, they will also pick up any additional supplies they need for the following week.

*Please check our website to see which locations are still available or call/text us at 406-443-7169*

Apply today for IMMEDIATE consideration for our Wildlife Field Technician positions!

Military & Veterans encouraged to apply 

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is working with Westaff to recruit several Wildlife Field Technicians across the state of Montana!!

Term: October 15th – December 6th

Schedule: 40 hrs/week, hours and days vary depending on location, all weekends required for many locations

Pay: $20.11/hr

Duties of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician:

• Work at a CWD sampling station to collect biological samples from hunter-harvested and road-killed animals to assist with surveillance and monitoring efforts
• Record accurate field data
• Label and maintain accountability for all samples
• Enter sample data into a database
• Organize and package samples
• Submitting samples in a timely manner to the appropriate testing facility
• Sanitize sampling tools after each test
• Assemble CWD sampling kits
• Maintain accountability and inventories of equipment and check station supplies
• Make trips to regional dumps to dispose of deer carcass parts as needed
• Assist with the distribution of CWD-related educational materials to various groups/locations
• Assist with educational outreach with hunters and members of the public
• Perform other duties as needed

Qualifications:

• Experience with accurately collecting samples, labeling data, and data entry
• Ability to be comfortable around unpleasant smells and dead animal carcasses
• Ability to be outside for the majority of the day in inclement weather
• Ability to work in rural areas
• Some travel required
• Ability to effectively communicate and work with others
• Ability to lift heavy objects (50+ lbs)
• Must have ability to coordinate/pay for lodging for the entirety of the assignment

Benefits:

• Weekly pay!
• Benefits offered
• Amazing state opportunity

Special Information:

• Work will involve field, laboratory, and office activities that require adaptations and re-organization of work schedules, travel, and lifting heavy objects. 
• The work schedule may be variable from week to week, at times demanding long hours (e.g. 10-12 hour shifts), extensive travel to and from check station locations often in poor weather conditions, and up to 10% overnight travel. 
• Work areas and dutiesinclude hazards and require a commitment to exercise caution and follow rigorous protocols to ensure safety. 
• Exposure to potentially harmful biological and chemical agents and offensive sights and smells are routine. 
• Occasional exposure to outdoor hazards such as severe weather, work along roadways, and heavy lifting of dead animals is expected. 
• The CWD Technician will be expected to communicate with a wide variety of individuals including the Regional CWD coordinator, sportsmen/women, taxidermists, processors, landowners, professional biologists, wardens, personnel from other state and federal agencies and professional scientists from laboratories conducting testing procedures for the Wildlife Health Program.
• The technician must be knowledgeable about CWD and the agency’s plan for surveillance and management and be able to effectively communicate with FWP staff and the public. 
• The frequency of contact varies but some type of public engagement will be required on a daily basis. 

Day in the life of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician: A chronic wasting disease technician for the state of Montana is responsible for collecting and submitting CWD samples collected from harvested deer, elk, and moose during the general hunting season. Most technicians will be working on the weekends at one of our field sampling stations. At the beginning of each workday the technician will go to their assigned sampling station location and open it up for the day. This is usually some designated time early in the morning and the station stays open and ready for sampling until around sunset each day. The station opening involves setting up equipment for the day, opening signs, prepping for the cleaning of used sampling equipment and setting up a trash can. During the day the technician either working on their own, with a partner or alongside other FWP staff will be available to sample any suitable harvested animal that is brought in by the public.

For each animal, the technician will fill out a field survey on an iPad to collect harvest information from the hunter. The technician will then extract the retropharyngeal lymph nodes from the head of the animal, a tooth and muscle tissue sample from each animal, putting the samples in that animal’s designated sampling kit. The technician will give the hunter a card from the sampling kit that will provide them with information on how to look up their test result. Technicians will also have to clean and disinfect all equipment that was used to collect the sample, after each animal is tested. Samples will need to be organized and stored in a cooler or freezer. Technicians will also be trained to understand chronic wasting disease and answer questions about CWD that hunters might ask. If working at a field sampling station, the technician will have to drive their collected samples to their supervisor each week and help prepare samples  for shipment to the testing lab. At which time, they will also pick up any additional supplies they need for the following week.

*Please check our website to see which locations are still available or call/text us at 406-443-7169*

Apply today for IMMEDIATE consideration for our Wildlife Field Technician positions!

Military & Veterans encouraged to apply 

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is working with Westaff to recruit several Wildlife Field Technicians across the state of Montana!!

Term: October 15th – December 6th

Schedule: 40 hrs/week, hours and days vary depending on location, all weekends required for many locations

Pay: $20.11/hr

Duties of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician:

• Work at a CWD sampling station to collect biological samples from hunter-harvested and road-killed animals to assist with surveillance and monitoring efforts
• Record accurate field data
• Label and maintain accountability for all samples
• Enter sample data into a database
• Organize and package samples
• Submitting samples in a timely manner to the appropriate testing facility
• Sanitize sampling tools after each test
• Assemble CWD sampling kits
• Maintain accountability and inventories of equipment and check station supplies
• Make trips to regional dumps to dispose of deer carcass parts as needed
• Assist with the distribution of CWD-related educational materials to various groups/locations
• Assist with educational outreach with hunters and members of the public
• Perform other duties as needed

Qualifications:

• Experience with accurately collecting samples, labeling data, and data entry
• Ability to be comfortable around unpleasant smells and dead animal carcasses
• Ability to be outside for the majority of the day in inclement weather
• Ability to work in rural areas
• Some travel required
• Ability to effectively communicate and work with others
• Ability to lift heavy objects (50+ lbs)
• Must have ability to coordinate/pay for lodging for the entirety of the assignment

Benefits:

• Weekly pay!
• Benefits offered
• Amazing state opportunity

Special Information:

• Work will involve field, laboratory, and office activities that require adaptations and re-organization of work schedules, travel, and lifting heavy objects. 
• The work schedule may be variable from week to week, at times demanding long hours (e.g. 10-12 hour shifts), extensive travel to and from check station locations often in poor weather conditions, and up to 10% overnight travel. 
• Work areas and dutiesinclude hazards and require a commitment to exercise caution and follow rigorous protocols to ensure safety. 
• Exposure to potentially harmful biological and chemical agents and offensive sights and smells are routine. 
• Occasional exposure to outdoor hazards such as severe weather, work along roadways, and heavy lifting of dead animals is expected. 
• The CWD Technician will be expected to communicate with a wide variety of individuals including the Regional CWD coordinator, sportsmen/women, taxidermists, processors, landowners, professional biologists, wardens, personnel from other state and federal agencies and professional scientists from laboratories conducting testing procedures for the Wildlife Health Program.
• The technician must be knowledgeable about CWD and the agency’s plan for surveillance and management and be able to effectively communicate with FWP staff and the public. 
• The frequency of contact varies but some type of public engagement will be required on a daily basis. 

Day in the life of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician: A chronic wasting disease technician for the state of Montana is responsible for collecting and submitting CWD samples collected from harvested deer, elk, and moose during the general hunting season. Most technicians will be working on the weekends at one of our field sampling stations. At the beginning of each workday the technician will go to their assigned sampling station location and open it up for the day. This is usually some designated time early in the morning and the station stays open and ready for sampling until around sunset each day. The station opening involves setting up equipment for the day, opening signs, prepping for the cleaning of used sampling equipment and setting up a trash can. During the day the technician either working on their own, with a partner or alongside other FWP staff will be available to sample any suitable harvested animal that is brought in by the public.

For each animal, the technician will fill out a field survey on an iPad to collect harvest information from the hunter. The technician will then extract the retropharyngeal lymph nodes from the head of the animal, a tooth and muscle tissue sample from each animal, putting the samples in that animal’s designated sampling kit. The technician will give the hunter a card from the sampling kit that will provide them with information on how to look up their test result. Technicians will also have to clean and disinfect all equipment that was used to collect the sample, after each animal is tested. Samples will need to be organized and stored in a cooler or freezer. Technicians will also be trained to understand chronic wasting disease and answer questions about CWD that hunters might ask. If working at a field sampling station, the technician will have to drive their collected samples to their supervisor each week and help prepare samples  for shipment to the testing lab. At which time, they will also pick up any additional supplies they need for the following week.

*Please check our website to see which locations are still available or call/text us at 406-443-7169*

Apply today for IMMEDIATE consideration for our Wildlife Field Technician positions!

Military & Veterans encouraged to apply 

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is working with Westaff to recruit several Wildlife Field Technicians across the state of Montana!!

Term: October 15th – December 6th

Schedule: 40 hrs/week, hours and days vary depending on location, all weekends required for many locations

Pay: $20.11/hr

Duties of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician:

• Work at a CWD sampling station to collect biological samples from hunter-harvested and road-killed animals to assist with surveillance and monitoring efforts
• Record accurate field data
• Label and maintain accountability for all samples
• Enter sample data into a database
• Organize and package samples
• Submitting samples in a timely manner to the appropriate testing facility
• Sanitize sampling tools after each test
• Assemble CWD sampling kits
• Maintain accountability and inventories of equipment and check station supplies
• Make trips to regional dumps to dispose of deer carcass parts as needed
• Assist with the distribution of CWD-related educational materials to various groups/locations
• Assist with educational outreach with hunters and members of the public
• Perform other duties as needed

Qualifications:

• Experience with accurately collecting samples, labeling data, and data entry
• Ability to be comfortable around unpleasant smells and dead animal carcasses
• Ability to be outside for the majority of the day in inclement weather
• Ability to work in rural areas
• Some travel required
• Ability to effectively communicate and work with others
• Ability to lift heavy objects (50+ lbs)
• Must have ability to coordinate/pay for lodging for the entirety of the assignment

Benefits:

• Weekly pay!
• Benefits offered
• Amazing state opportunity

Special Information:

• Work will involve field, laboratory, and office activities that require adaptations and re-organization of work schedules, travel, and lifting heavy objects. 
• The work schedule may be variable from week to week, at times demanding long hours (e.g. 10-12 hour shifts), extensive travel to and from check station locations often in poor weather conditions, and up to 10% overnight travel. 
• Work areas and dutiesinclude hazards and require a commitment to exercise caution and follow rigorous protocols to ensure safety. 
• Exposure to potentially harmful biological and chemical agents and offensive sights and smells are routine. 
• Occasional exposure to outdoor hazards such as severe weather, work along roadways, and heavy lifting of dead animals is expected. 
• The CWD Technician will be expected to communicate with a wide variety of individuals including the Regional CWD coordinator, sportsmen/women, taxidermists, processors, landowners, professional biologists, wardens, personnel from other state and federal agencies and professional scientists from laboratories conducting testing procedures for the Wildlife Health Program.
• The technician must be knowledgeable about CWD and the agency’s plan for surveillance and management and be able to effectively communicate with FWP staff and the public. 
• The frequency of contact varies but some type of public engagement will be required on a daily basis. 

Day in the life of a Chronic Wasting Disease Technician: A chronic wasting disease technician for the state of Montana is responsible for collecting and submitting CWD samples collected from harvested deer, elk, and moose during the general hunting season. Most technicians will be working on the weekends at one of our field sampling stations. At the beginning of each workday the technician will go to their assigned sampling station location and open it up for the day. This is usually some designated time early in the morning and the station stays open and ready for sampling until around sunset each day. The station opening involves setting up equipment for the day, opening signs, prepping for the cleaning of used sampling equipment and setting up a trash can. During the day the technician either working on their own, with a partner or alongside other FWP staff will be available to sample any suitable harvested animal that is brought in by the public.

For each animal, the technician will fill out a field survey on an iPad to collect harvest information from the hunter. The technician will then extract the retropharyngeal lymph nodes from the head of the animal, a tooth and muscle tissue sample from each animal, putting the samples in that animal’s designated sampling kit. The technician will give the hunter a card from the sampling kit that will provide them with information on how to look up their test result. Technicians will also have to clean and disinfect all equipment that was used to collect the sample, after each animal is tested. Samples will need to be organized and stored in a cooler or freezer. Technicians will also be trained to understand chronic wasting disease and answer questions about CWD that hunters might ask. If working at a field sampling station, the technician will have to drive their collected samples to their supervisor each week and help prepare samples  for shipment to the testing lab. At which time, they will also pick up any additional supplies they need for the following week.

*Please check our website to see which locations are still available or call/text us at 406-443-7169*

Apply today for IMMEDIATE consideration for our Wildlife Field Technician positions!

Military & Veterans encouraged to apply 

Westaff is seeking several Recycling Sorters for a temporary position with a State of MT office!

Schedule: M-F, 8am-12pm

Term: 2 weeks; part time hours 

Pay: $15/hr

Duties:

• Sort boxes into shred or recycle bins

Qualifications:

• Lift 15-25 pounds
• Work outside

Don’t miss out - apply TODAY for our Recycle Sorter position in Helena!

Veterans & Military encouraged to apply

Westaff is seeking a Paralegal for a state office in Helena, MT!!

Schedule: Full Time

Pay: $28.00 - $33.00/hr DOE

Term: 1-3 months+

Duties: 

Research and Coordination                                                                                                                  

• Obtains and/or develops witness statements and evidence to evaluate the merits of matters.
• Identifies and locates expert and lay witnesses to provide essential and convincing testimony to establish facts. 
• Interviews and prepares witnesses for hearing.
• Obtains documents and other relevant information from courts or opposing counsel. 
• Researches statutory and case laws and summarizes results to assist attorneys.
• Ensures deadlines and statute of limitations are accurately tracked and requests extensions.
• Provides assistance to the attorneys to facilitate the preparation and presentation of cases in judicial and administrative venues.
• Manages administrative cases.

Legal Documentation                                                                                                              

• Prepares legal correspondence and pleadings, motions, briefs and other legal documents for attorney review.
• Proofreads legal documents for accuracy, citation format, and compliance with Rules of Civil Procedure.
• Recommends report formats such as flow charts and tables to be used in exhibits.
• Recommends and develops legal templates as necessary.

Other Duties as Assigned                                                                                                                                     

• Perform special assignments as determined by the OLA management team.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Background check required
• Associates degree in paralegal studies from an accredited institution or
• Bachelor’s degree in paralegal studies from an accredited college or university; or
• Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from an accredited college or university and completion of no less than 18 semester credits of course work offered by a qualified paralegal studies program; or
• Certification by the national association of legal assistants or the National Federation of Paralegal Associations; or
• Has received a high school diploma or its equivalent and has performed not less than 4,800 hours of substantive legal work under the supervision of a licensed lawyer documented by the certification of the lawyer or lawyers under whom the work was done and has completed at least five hours of approved continuing legal education in the area of legal ethics and professional responsibility; or
• Has graduated from an accredited law school and has not been disbarred or suspended from the practice of law by any jurisdiction.

Required for the first day of work:

• Knowledge of legal procedures.
• Knowledge of administrative law and litigation process including court procedures.
• Knowledge of legal formatting requirements in various courts and other jurisdictions.
• Ability to conduct research and investigate facts.
• Ability to navigate State and Federal court systems.
• Acute attention to detail, time management, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment.
• Ability to operate personal computer and general office equipment as necessary to complete essential functions, including using spreadsheets, word processing, database, email, internet, and other computer programs. 

Benefits:

• State opportunity!!
• Benefits offered
• FREE online skills training

Apply now for IMMEDIATE consideration for our Paralegal position in Helena!

Military & Veterans encouraged to apply 

Westaff is seeking a Patient Accounting Specialist for a Children's Hospital in Helena, MT!! 

Schedule: M-F, 8am-4pm

Permanent position for the right fit!

Pay: $17.91/hr

Duties:

• Analyzes and interprets account data to facilitate timely claim and payment resolution. Escalates issues to appropriate parties in a timely manner.
• Posts payments and adjustments utilizing the appropriate fee schedule, policy and/or procedures in accordance with patient statements, remittance advices, insurance carriers, electronic downloads, etc
• Identifies credits, variances, and trends.  Escalates issues to appropriate parties in a timely manner.
• Completes account maintenance review to ensure account information is accurate within EPIC and other systems.
• Acts as a Patient Accounting liaison between patients, clients, providers, payers, vendors and other Shodair Departments.
• Interprets EOB message codes, validates payer processing and identifies potential payment discrepancies.
• Effectively manages assigned work in accordance with team expectations, department productivity and quality standards.
• Works directly with the Patient Accounts Representative on self-pay issues and is a resource for that position.
• Participates in team meetings and activities. Contributes to the goals of the department and organization, while focusing on continual improvement of processes.
• Participates in the prior authorization process. This includes but not limited to: working the entire prior authorization, providing information to UR to complete the prior authorization, and following up on denials related to prior authorization issues.
• Cross training within the department to ensure all Patient Accounting Specialist can perform all required tasks.
• Responsible for other Business Office functions. as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Must have minimum of three (3) year billing experience in a hospital or medical office setting, five (5) years is preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills with the ability to manage sensitive and confidential information while maintaining professionalism and diplomacy.
• Possess and maintain computer skills and competencies in Microsoft Office and other computer programs.  Prior experience in EPIC preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to stay calm in difficult conversations.
• Must be organized, detail oriented, a self-starter, possess critical thinking skills and be able to set priorities, meet deadlines and work independently.
• Basic understanding of HIPAA guidelines, and other applicable law.
• Criminal Records Background Check, Negative drug test.

 Education:

• Required education and experience—Requires high school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• Preferred education and experience—Bachelor’s Degree is preferred. Preferred candidates will have (3) year experience in a hospital or medical office setting.

Don't miss out - apply TODAY for our Accounting Specialist position!

Military & Veterans encouraged to apply 

Associated Dermatology and Skin Cancer Clinic, Helena P.C., a company that encourages growth and advancement, is pleased to announce an opening for a Practice Manger.  This full-time onsite position, located in Helena, MT, comes with a full benefit package including medical, dental and vision insurance, PTO, and 401K.   The role ensures team leadership in facilitation of quality patient care, revenue cycle management, clinical documentation improvement, compliance, staffing and practice development.  

To apply please email your cover letter and resume directly to [email protected].  The position is opened until filled.

JOB DESCRIPTION: Practice Manager

REPORTS TO: Physician/Owner

JOB SUMMARY: This full-time position oversees the day-to-day operational functions, practice development and strategic planning for the medical practice, ensuring that quality patient care and outstanding customer service are consistently delivered and the practice runs smoothly and successfully.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Directs office activities and functions to maintain efficiency and compliance with practice policies
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
• Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
• Superior interpersonal and communication skills to support staff and provider functions and customer service needs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to prepare reports and related documents and to maintain working relationships with physicians and other staff.
• Attentive to detail and accuracy.
• Professional, “on-brand” appearance and demeanor.
• Knowledge of ICD-10-CM and CPT coding guidelines; medical terminology; anatomy and physiology; state and federal Medicare reimbursement guidelines; English grammar and usage.
• Knowledge of state and federal regulations relevant to this position including HIPAA, OSHA, CLIA, MACRA and other related entities.
• Ability to develop training materials, make group presentations, and to train staff

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: 

• Possession of an Accredited Record Technician’s certification Certified Coding Specialist designation (CCS), Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Physician Practice Manager (CPPM), or Certified Professional compliance Officer (CPCO)
• Three years of experience in medical record coding and billing, or the;
• Equivalent combination of experience, education, and training that would provide the required knowledge and abilities.

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES (including but not limited to):

Revenue Cycle Management including the following:

• Interprets medical information such as diseases or symptoms and diagnostic descriptions and procedure to accurately assign and sequence the correct ICD-10-CM and CPT codes.
• Evaluates medical record documentation and charge-ticket coding to optimize reimbursement by ensuring that diagnostic and procedural codes and other documentation accurately reflects and supports outpatient visits and to ensure that data complies with legal standards and guidelines.
• Posts electronic payments and/or patient charges as needed.
• Responsible for accurate posting and adjustments related to patient services.
• Oversees patient/insurance charges, billings, payments, collections and refunds.
• Oversees accounts receivable activities.
• Ensures correct daily bank deposits, credit card transactions, change envelope and reconciles petty cash.

Clinical Documentation Integrity and Improvement:

• Provides technical guidance to physicians and other staff in identifying and resolving issues or errors such as incomplete or missing records and documentation, ambiguous or nonspecific documentation, and/or codes that do not conform to approved coding principles/guidelines.

Compliance including:

• Ensures practice compliance with all regulatory agencies governing small businesses, health care delivery and the rules of accrediting bodies.
• Monitor compliance, investigate incidents in which a breach of PHI may have occurred, report breaches as necessary, and ensure patients´ rights in accordance with state and federal laws.

Staffing and Development:

• Establishes a high-performance staff that is efficient, knowledgeable, service oriented and shares responsibility for attaining the goals of the practice.
• Responsible for recruitment, interviewing, hiring, training and development of staff, performance reviews and when needed, disciplinary actions and terminations.
• Creates agendas, schedules and leads staff meetings.
• Effectively communicates relevant information to staff in a timely manner.
• Provides leadership and guidance to staff and ensure high employee morale and professionalism.
• Addresses staff or patient complaints and resolves problems.

Practice Development and Strategic Planning:

• Establishes, overseas, implements and/or updates practice operating policies and procedures.
• Recommends, develops and helps implement improvements for the practice.
• Keeps Physician/Owner apprised about current trends, problems or other vital information and issues regarding the practice, patients and/or staff.  
• Provider recruitment, initial credentialing, and re-credentialing.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.

Required Experience Level

Director Level

Minimum Education

High School

Minimum Experience Required

4-6 years

Required Travel

No required travel

Applicant Location

US residents only

To apply please email your cover letter and resume directly to [email protected].  The position is opened until filled.

Westaff is seeking a Data File Clerk for a state office in Deer Lodge, MT!!

Schedule: M-F, 8am-4pm

Term: 9 months

Pay: $15/hr

Duties:

• Read, sort, distribute, and process incoming documents and materials to be filed.
• Perform data entry, queries, and record searches for files.
• Respond to customer and coworker inquiries by phone or email to retrieve or update filed information.
• Order, secure, and retain confidential materials into established hardcopy or electronic file systems.
• Place materials into storage receptacles, such as file cabinets, boxes, or by electronic methods.
• Process customer requests and record documents for files.
• Dispose of outdated filed materials in accordance with agency records retention policies.
• Perform periodic materials inspection to ensure correct placement and/or proper condition of filed data and documents.

Qualifications:

• Background check required
• Must be proficient with operation of office scanning equipment
• Must be proficient with using Excel
• Ability to lift 30-50 lbs. 
• Ability to work on a team
• Ability to multi task
• Great attitude

Benefits:

• State opportunity!
• FREE online skills coursed offered
• Benefits available 

Apply now for IMMEDIATE consideration for our Data File Clerk position in Deer Lodge!

Military & Veterans encouraged to apply

Westaff is always seeking amazing Administrative Assistant professionals!

Schedule: full time, M-F, 8am-5pm; can vary

Pay: $16-$25/hr; can vary

Responsibilities:

• Handling office tasks, such as filing, generating reports and presentations, setting up for meetings, and reordering supplies.
• Providing real-time scheduling support by booking appointments and preventing conflicts.
• Making travel arrangements, such as booking flights, cars, and making hotel and restaurant reservations.
• Screening phone calls and routing callers to the appropriate party.
• Using computers to generate reports, transcribe minutes from meetings, create presentations, and conduct research.
• Greet and assist visitors.
• Maintain polite and professional communication via phone, e-mail, and mail.
• Anticipate the needs of others in order to ensure their seamless and positive experience.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent education required.
• 1+ years of administrative assistant experience.
• Knowledge of appropriate software including: Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat.
• Valid driver’s license and current automobile insurance.

APPLY TODAY! We would love to chat with your more about the opportunities we have to offer! 

Westaff is seeking a Medical Delivery Driver/Customer Service Technician for a local healthcare company in Bozeman, MT!

Schedule: M - F 8:00am to 5:00pm, with on call rotation. 

Term: Career opportunity! 

Pay: $23/hr +  DOE

Duties: 

• Adheres to company policies and procedures in regards to using personnel protective safety equipment
• Assists with updating respiratory grid
• Available for on-call assignments as needed
• Completes all necessary delivery forms and paperwork including, but not limited to invoices, work orders, manifests and logs, patient care instructions, route sheets, etc.
• Coordinates verification of Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance coverage information
• Delivers, sets up and maintains equipment at the delivery address using company vehicle
• Develops and maintains working knowledge of current products and services offered by the company and all applicable governmental regulations
• Educates the patient and/or caregiver on the safe use and maintenance of the delivered items
• Maintains assigned company vehicle in a clean and safe working condition
• Maintains referral log
• Manages all aspects of intake: answering the phone and receiving faxes, collecting patient and referral source information, data input into IMBS, printing tickets, assembling charts and processing paperwork
• Monitors office supplies
• Observes additional needs that the patient may have and reports same during morning meeting
• Prepares CMNs/SOPs for Sales Reps and documents on tracking log
• Prepares complete and accurate files for Billing Department
• Prepares tickets for daily routes
• Provides service for walk-in patients
• Reports equipment hazards and/or product incidents as required
• Works with location personnel to coordinate deliveries
• Performs other duties as assigned

Travel: Travel via company vehicle required to patient’s homes for set-ups and reoccurring delivery

Qualifications:

• Background investigation (company-wide)
• Drug screen (Upon Hire)
• Valid driver’s license in state of residence with a clean driving record (when applicable for the position)
• Experience with medical equipment, preferred
• One year of related work experience, preferred
• Medical terminology, preferred

Education: High school diploma or GED equivalent, required

Don’t miss out- apply TODAY for our Medical Customer Service Technician position in Bozeman!

Veterans & Military encouraged to apply

Westaff is seeking a Dispatcher for a local cyber security service provider in Helena, MT!!

Schedule: M-F, 8am - 5pm

Term: starts out as temporary, could lead to a permanent position for the right fit!

Pay: $16 - $18/hr DOE

Duties: 

• Answer phones
• Schedule tickets/appointments for clients
• Receiving of products
• Perform miscellaneous administrative tasks

Qualifications:

• IT/Technology preferred
• Must have Dispatch experience
• Ability to multi-task is a must

Don’t let this opportunity pass you by - apply TODAY for our Dispatcher position in Helena

Veterans & Military encouraged to apply

Employment Opportunity – Clerk and Recorder’s Elections Office

Send resumes directly to [email protected]

Broadwater County is currently seeking a highly motivated individual for a Full-Time Elections Assistant. The successful candidate must be able to manage and maintain the voter registration system in Broadwater County; assist Election Administrator in organizing and conducting elections in the County to comply with State election laws and statutes; assist in preparing and conducting training for seasonal staff and election judges; assist in setting up for all elections; conduct related work as required; work under the Election Administrator. Attention to detail, ability to work on deadline, proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, discretion, and customer service skills are essential. Occasional evening hours may be required. Understanding of local government entities and experience in elections is preferred.

The wage is $17.50-19.50/hr., DOE, with an excellent health benefits package. A copy of the full job description may be obtained at the Clerk and Recorder Office at the Broadwater County Courthouse; 515 Broadway; Townsend, MT 59644, or by emailing [email protected]. Position is open until filled. Broadwater County is an equal opportunity employer. Broadwater County shall, upon request, provide reasonable accommodations to otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities. Veterans and Disabled preferences are applicable.

Send resumes directly to [email protected]

Position is open until filled. 

Broadwater County is an equal opportunity employer. Broadwater County shall, upon request, provide reasonable accommodations to otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities. Veterans and Disabled preferences are applicable.