How to be a professional ecological field technician or an effective supervisor of them

摘要: You have taken a college field course in ecology or some other “ology,” done a little research mentored by a professor, and found that you love mist-netting and banding birds, electrofishing, measuring trees, sampling soil, live-trapping rodents, and collecting behavioral data on deer. You learn that it is possible to get paying jobs as an ecological or natural resources field technician doing all of these and more. But how do land your first paid position, maintain steady employment, and make a living as a professional field tech?Alternatively, you are hiring field technicians for the first time, and you want to hire excellent techs, and supervise them in a manner that meets the project objectives, provides professional development, and maintains high morale among crewmembers. And presumably, you want to be perceived as a good leader, teacher, mentor, and scientist by those you supervise; someone whom they can …