This position will assist with the operation of community Slash Yards around Jefferson County where local residents and contractors will drop off slash and woody biomass generated by forest thinning and wildfire mitigation efforts.

Essential Duties

  • Operate Slash Yards
  • Open/close the yard daily
  • Greet the public, accurately collect information on a tablet, collect fees
  • Inspect and measure volume of material
  • Identify tree and noxious weed species, and evidence of beetle activity
  • Direct traffic and the unloading process
  • Drag, pull, pile slash
  • Post signs and information
  • Provide basic education to the public on forestry and wildfire mitigation
  • Assist JCD Foresters

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