CPW Hatchery Technician III-Fish Culturist Glenwood Springs, CO - Onsite
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CPW Hatchery Technician III-Fish Culturist Glenwood Springs, CO - Onsite
Salary
$50,856.00 - $66,120.00 Annually
Location
Garfield County, CO
Job Type
Full Time
Job Number
PMA 00377 03/26
Department
Department of Natural Resources
Division
Colorado Parks & Wildlife
Opening Date
03/13/2026
Closing Date
3/26/2026 11:59 PM Mountain
FLSA
Determined by Position
Type of Announcement
This position is open only to Colorado state residents.
Primary Physical Work Address
1362 County Road 132 Glenwood Springs CO 81601
FLSA Status
Exempt; position is not eligible for overtime compensation.
Department Contact Information
Patrick Warnes patrick.warnes@state.co.us
Salary Note
Although the full salary range for this position is provided, appointments are typically made at or near the range minimum.
Hiring Pay Rate
Please note that all employees new to the State Personnel System are paid on a bi-weekly basis.
How To Apply
Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.
Description
Benefits
Questions
Department Information
This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application.
Consider joining the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources. It's our mission to manage and conserve Colorado's natural resources for the benefit of people today - and tomorrow. That means we have to balance development with conservation so the state we all love provides similar opportunities for our children and their children.
We invite you to explore our website at https://dnr.colorado.gov/about-us to find out more about the work we do to manage Colorado's natural resources for today - and tomorrow.
The State of Colorado believes that equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our success, and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply.
In addition to offering rewarding, meaningful work, we offer:
Medical and Dental plans
Strong, flexible retirement plans including PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus pre-tax and Roth 401K and 457 plans
Paid life insurance
Short- and long-term disability coverage
Employee Wellness programs
Flexible Spending Accounts
Health Savings Accounts
11 paid holidays per year plus generous vacation and sick leave
Flexible work schedule options and remote-work options
Career advancement opportunities throughout the State system
Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (https://studentloans.gov/myDirectLoan/pslfFlow.action#!/pslf/launch) .
COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE (http://cpw.state.co.us/)
Our Mission is to perpetuate the wildlife resources of the state, to provide a quality state parks system, and to provide enjoyable and sustainable outdoor recreation opportunities that educate and inspire current and future generations to serve as active stewards of Colorado's natural resources.
The Glenwood Springs Hatchery is responsible for the production and distribution of 3 million subcatchable trout and salmon annually. The unit spawns or receives 8 million salmonid eggs from wild and domestic brood stocks and provides eggs to other State of Colorado-operated fish hatcheries, therefore, contributing a significant part of the $950 million sport fishing and recreation industry in Colorado.
Description of Job
This position performs various functions related to sustaining a proper biological environment, maintaining distinct broodstock lineages, and producing and distributing trout eggs and aquatic wildlife. The position conducts precise biological and environmental assessments and ensures proper water quality. This position performs maintenance duties for unit grounds, buildings, and equipment.
Fish Culture
This position produces and maintains multiple, multi-age class trout broodstocks and produces through spawning and hatchery operations 2 million + eggs annually by anticipating and manipulating the rearing environment to include: nutrition and feeding, picking eggs, counting, weighing, sorting, spawning, treating/sampling/processing and hatching eggs, use of water chillers to influence egg availability, cleaning and disinfecting of rearing/incubation areas, and precise record keeping through paper forms and digital documents.
Fish and Egg Distribution
This position ships and distributes approximately 3 million live trout and salmon statewide by sustaining an artificial environment in the transport tanks and analyzing and testing receiving waters for the acceptability of fish. It drives and operates non-CDL commercial vehicles, requiring a Colorado Driver's License, while complying with the state and federal motor carrier safety requirements and regulations. It ships and distributes 8 million + eyed and green trout eggs. This position is responsible for spawning, disinfecting, sampling, enumerating, packaging, record keeping, developing shipping documents, and meeting transport requirements, whether shipping via parcel service or hand-delivering egg shipments. It coordinates shipping schedules with receiving hatcheries.
Water Flows and Chemistries
This position anticipates and manipulates water quality by obtaining water tests for oxygen, temperature, pH, and other variables as needed. It regulates and controls water flows for hatchery rearing containers and ponds, removes toxic gases through aeration and increasing oxygen content, and manipulates water flows and fish numbers to ensure efficiency and fish health.
Fish Health and Pathology
This position performs analysis and prevention by recognizing signs and symptoms of stressed and diseased fish. It performs treatment and prevention by calculating and administering the appropriate amount of the drug or chemical. It must be knowledgeable and proficient in the use of laboratory microscopes, identification of disease organisms, drug and chemical applicability and precise water flow, and drug and/or chemical dose calculation and disinfecting techniques.
Equipment and Vehicle Operation and Maintenance
This position inspects and operates various vehicles and equipment safely and efficiently. Vehicles and equipment include, but are not limited to: snowplows, graders, pickup trucks, dump trucks, fish trucks, forklifts, hydraulic cranes, backhoes, tractors, pond cleaners, welders, generators, power tools, pumps, mowers, and work carts.
This position ensures that aquaculture equipment and vehicles are kept in safe, proper working condition by repairing, lubricating, inspecting, cleaning, and servicing them. It designs, invents, fabricates, tests, and calibrates new or specialized equipment for aquaculture use to increase productivity and enhance efficiency.
Building and Grounds Maintenance
This position services, modifies, inspects, and fabricates facilities, buildings, and water-delivery systems required to raise fish. It performs landscaping and irrigation duties, including but not limited to watering grass, mowing, pruning, brush cutting, snow plowing, snow shoveling/blowing, and road grading.
Public Relations
This position conducts interpretive tours, accommodates day visitors, provides professional and technical information regarding Division policies and regulations, and provides educational services and presentations.
Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
Minimum Qualifications
Three years of work experience in aquaculture, propagating and/or rearing fish, fish culture, collecting and recording of aquatic wildlife data, and/or professional aquatic research or an occupational field related to the work assigned to the position.
Substitutions
Appropriate education in Natural Resources, Wildlife Management, Biology, Aquatic Biology/Fishery Science/Aquaculture/Fishery Management, Ecology, Zoology/Animal Sciences, Water resources planning or management may substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis for the experience requirement.
Class Code: Technician (https://dhr.colorado.gov/state-hr-professionals/job-classifications/class-description-and-minimum-qualifications-for-h4m)
Required Competencies:
Excellent organizational and time management skills
Preferred Qualifications
Current or former State experience relevant to this position
Current or former Colorado Parks & Wildlife work or volunteer experience
Conditions of Employment
State of Colorado residency is required at the time of application.
Must possess and maintain a valid state of Colorado driver's license if operating a State vehicle.
Daily fish deliveries can result in overnight travel as needed in accordance with CDL regulations and Fish Unit requirements.
Exempt from overtime;on-call status may be required. (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_XLhEdQK3JEy7QcHgcpNHKpkkhlkkLCKufQKLVfATm4/preview?tab=t.0)
Required to work holidays and weekends as part of a rotating work schedule
This position will require but is not limited to the handling of Formalin, bleach, disinfection solutions, equipment batteries, gasoline, diesel, spray paint, and motor oil.
Hazing of predatory birds/animals will require the use of discharging cracker/pyrotechnics as a deterrent.
Must pass required pre-employment physical, pre-employment drug testing and background check.
Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on the application and provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify their application from the current position. (Please Note: Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with DNR).
Pursuant to the DNR-120 Fleet and Driving Standards Administrative Directive (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W0g2QAGmusbXBJzL3HxhGitIZOEKnwhrFnx9GqVcQHA/preview?tab=t.0) , any worker who will be expected to drive a State-owned vehicle is responsible for maintaining a safe driving record and a valid driver license prior to driving any State-owned vehicle.
To be compliant with the new fleet vehicle policy, Motor Vehicle Records (MVRs) will be pulled for review for workers who:
Have an assigned State fleet vehicle
Are required to operate a vehicle as part of the position
Utilize a State fleet vehicle as a pool vehicle
APPEAL RIGHTS:
It is recommended that you contact the Human Resources Specialist listed below to resolve issues related to your possession of minimum qualifications. However, if you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director.
An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative. This form must be delivered to the State Personnel Board by email (dpa_state.personnelboard@state.co.us), postmarked in US Mail or hand delivered (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or faxed (303.866.5038) within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgement of the department's action.
For more information about the appeals process, the official appeal form, and how to deliver it to the State Personnel Board; go to spb.colorado.gov; contact the State Personnel Board for assistance at (303) 866-3300; or refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes, at spb.colorado.gov under Rules.
Supplemental Information
The Assessment Process
All applications received by the closing of this announcement will be reviewed by an HR Specialist against the Minimum Qualifications in this announcement.
Colorado Revised Statutes require that state employees are hired and promoted based on merit and fitness through a comparative analysis process. Part of, or all of, the comparative analysis for this position will be a structured application review by Subject Matter Experts.
Resumes, cover letters and other attachments are notconsidered as part of initial reviews, therefore, it is important todocument in your application your education, experience, minimum qualifications, and preferred qualifications as outlined in the job announcement.
Please thoroughly answer all supplemental questions (if listed) since question responses may be evaluated for content, writing ability, spelling, grammar, and effective communication.
This recruitment may involve additional testing and/or exams to arrive at the top group for interviews.
This recruitment may be used to fill more than one vacancy at this level and reporting location.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
The State of Colorado strives to create a Colorado for All by building and maintaining workplaces that value and respect all Coloradans through a commitment to equal opportunity and hiring based on merit and fitness. The State is resolute in non-discriminatory practices in everything we do, including hiring, employment, and advancement opportunities.
The State of Colorado believes that equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our success, and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. Therefore, in all aspects of the employment process, we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, or military status (with preference given to military veterans), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.
The Department of Natural Resources is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, at dnrhremployeebenefits@state.co.us
The State of Colorado strives to create a Colorado for All by building and maintaining workplaces that value and respect all Coloradans through a commitment to equal opportunity and hiring based on merit and fitness. The State is resolute in non-discriminatory practices in everything we do, including hiring, employment, and advancement opportunities.
ADAAA Accommodations
Any person with a disability as defined by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) may be provided a reasonable accommodation upon request to enable the person to complete an employment assessment. To request accommodation, please contact our Benefits Specialist at dnrhremployeebenefits@state.co.us at least five business days before the date that any accommodation will be required to allow us to evaluate your request and prepare for the accommodation. You may be asked to provide additional information, including medical documentation, regarding functional limitations and @type of accommodation needed. Please ensure that you have this information available well in advance of the assessment date.
E-Verify
DNR uses e-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more aboutE-Verify (http://www.dhs.gov/e-verify) , including your rights and responsibilities.
Toll-Free Applicant Support - Technical Help
If you experience technical difficulty with the NEOGOV system (e.g. uploading or attaching documents to your online application) call NEOGOV at 855-524-5627, Mon-Fri between 6 am and 6 pm (Pacific Time). The Human Resources Office will be unable to assist with technical issues.
The State of Colorado offers permanent employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, as well as a comprehensive leave program. Please click the following link for detailed information: www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/benefits
Please note that each agency's contact information is different; therefore, we encourage all applicants to view the full, official job announcement which includes contact information and class title. Select the job you wish to view, then click on the "Print" icon.
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The Colorado Constitution, Article XII, Section 13 requires that APPLICANTS for state classified government jobs be residents of Colorado at the time of application, unless this requirement is waived by the State Personnel Board (DPA). A residency waiver was not issued by DPA for this announcement. For more information, please see the FAQ's at: https://careers.colorado.gov/how-to-apply. Are you a current Colorado resident?
Yes
No
02
Current and former State Personnel System employees who were disciplinarily terminated, resigned in lieu of termination, or who were deemed to have resigned without notice (Board Rule 7-5, Automatic Resignation) must disclose this information on the application.
I am not a current or former State of Colorado classified employee.
I am a current or former State of Colorado employee but have NEVER been disciplinarily terminated, resigned in lieu of termination, or deemed to have resigned without notice (Board Rule 7-5, Automatic Resignation).
I am a current or former State of Colorado employee and have been disciplinarily terminated, resigned in lieu of termination, or deemed to have resigned without notice (Board Rule 7-5, Automatic Resignation). NOTE: Failure to disclose this information and/or falsification of Application materials may result in being removed from consideration for this position.
03
Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose this information on the application. In the space below, please provide an explanation as to why the prior termination or resignation should NOT disqualify you application from the current position: (if not applicable, please enter "N/A")
04
Please briefly describe why you're interested in working for Colorado Parks & Wildlife:
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Please describe your experience in aquaculture, propagating and/or rearing fish and fish culture. Be specific with location and dates:
06
Do you currently possess a valid drivers' license?
Yes
No
07
Do you have a CDL Class B with N-Liquid Bulk/Cargo Tanks and air brakes endorsement?
Yes
No
08
If you are using education to meet or substitute for qualifications, did you upload a copy of your official or unofficial transcript? (Your transcript is required as verification that you meet the requirements).
Yes, I have attached my transcripts.
No, I am not using college course work to meet minimum requirements for this position.
Not Applicable
09
If you are using education as a substitute for the required experience, please describe your education experience on a year-by-year basis in biology, fisheries research, fisheries management, or fisheries biology, ecology, wildlife management, zoology, marine biology, or ichthyology. Describe how it relates to the work assignment (If you are not using education as a substitute please put N/A):
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Please select which range most accurately reflects your years of work experience in the aquaculture field, fishery or wildlife biology, or a closely related field that includes at least one year of experience propagating and rearing native species and/or sport fish (warm, cool and/or cold water species:
No experience yet
0 to less than 1 year
1 year but less than 2 years
2 years but less than 3 years
3 years but less than 4 years
4 years but less than 5 years
5 years but less than 6 years
6 years or more
11
Please describe your experience in collecting and recording of aquatic wildlife data and/or professional aquatic research. Be specific with location and dates. :
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Please select the areas of work experience you possess:
Vehicle Operation
Vehicle Maintenance
Equipment Maintenance
Building Maintenance
Grounds Maintenance (Landscaping)
Irrigation Systems
Water delivery systems required to raise fish
Power tools, pumps, pond cleaners, generators, and welders
Snow plow
Graders, forklifts, hydraulic cranes, backhoes, and tractors
Dump trucks & fish trucks
Mowers and work carts
13
Please describe your experience in propagating and rearing Colorado native species and/or sport fish (warm, cool, and/or cold water species). You must include where the experience was gained, duties performed, and in mm/yy - mm/yy format. Statements such as "see application" will not be accepted in lieu of a response.
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All applications received by the closing of this announcement will be reviewed by an HR Specialist against the Minimum Qualifications in this announcement. Colorado Revised Statutes require that state employees are hired and promoted based on merit and fitness through a comparative analysis process. Part of, or all of, the comparative analysis for this position will be a structured application review by Subject Matter Experts. Resumes, cover letters and other attachments are not considered as part of initial reviews, therefore, it is important to document in your application your education, experience, minimum qualifications, and preferred qualifications as outlined in the job announcement. Please thoroughly answer all supplemental questions since responses may be evaluated for content, writing ability, spelling, grammar, and effective communication. This recruitment may involve additional testing and/or exams to arrive at the top group for interviews.
I acknowledge this receipt of this notice.
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Successful completion and passing of a pre-employment Physical, Drug Testing & Background Check are required for placement in this position. Do you understand and accept the terms outlined in the conditions of employment outlined in the job posting?
I understand and accept these terms
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