Voluntary County Wildlife Site Trainees Voluntary County Wildlife Site Trainee, EX2 4AE
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Habitat survey, botanical ID, landowner liaison, ecological report writing, data management and GIS (MapInfo)
When we need you:
10 Apr 2012 - 09 Apr 2013
- Weekdays and Flexible
4 days per week, with approximately half the time in the field, and half the time in the office arranging visits, writing reports and managing data. Option to increase to 5 days a week once able to do independent visits. Times as arranged with DBRC but be prepared from some early starts and long survey days!
Address
DBRC, 27 Commercial Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 4AE
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More info
The volunteers will be based at the DBRC office in Exeter, though will spend much of their time in the field. Initially, volunteers will shadow DBRC staff and then gradually take on more responsibility until ready to conduct independent site visits, first as a two-person team and then potentially as individuals.
The volunteers will mainly be condition-checking existing County Wildlife Sites (CWS), though there may be some survey of new sites.
Tasks will include:
· Identifying sites using aerial photos & OS maps
· Finding and contacting landowners
· Preparing for surveys
· Surveying CWS (using various habitat classification criteria including Phase 1, National Vegetation Classification (NVC), Integrated Habitat System (IHS) and Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) priority habitats
· Managing the survey data (using software such as Recorder database and MapInfo GIS system)
· Evaluating the survey sites against County Wildlife Site Criteria
· Providing both written and verbal advice to landowners
· Help organise training days and attend training days
· Public engagement involvement e.g. assisting at Bioblitz events
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