State of Connecticut Executive Branch

Environmental Protection Fish Hatchery Supervisor 2 (35 Hour) (3922EE)

$41.93-$60.35 Hourly / $2,934.87-$4,224.10 BiWeekly /
$76,600.00-$110,249.00 Yearly

PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)

In the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection this class is accountable for supervising the operation and maintenance of a large, automated state fish hatchery.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

Receives general direction from an employee of higher grade.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED

Supervises Environmental Protection Fish Hatchery Supervisor 1's, Maintainers, seasonal workers, and other employees of lower grade.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

  • Schedules, assigns, oversees and reviews the work of the staff and operations of a large, pumped-water hatchery;
  • Provides staff training and assistance;
  • Conducts performance evaluations;
  • Determines priorities and plans hatchery work;
  • Establishes and maintains hatchery procedures;
  • Develops or makes recommendations on the development of policies and standards;
  • Acts as liaison with other operating units, agencies and outside officials regarding policies and procedures;
  • Prepares reports and correspondence;
  • Keeps time, materials, growth, feeding and other records;
  • Supervises such work as checking temperatures, taking spawn, preparing eggs for incubation, incubation of eggs, treatment of eggs, preparation of food, feeding of fry, fingerlings, adult fish and brood stock;
  • Supervises handling of brood stock, lighting and temperatures for early egg production, and sorting, collecting and preparing of fish for distribution;
  • Keeps records of individual well production, well temperatures and water chemistry;
  • Supervises the maintenance of large pumps, automatic feeding equipment, generators, other hatchery equipment, grounds, buildings and rearing pools;
  • Supervises operation of public fish ponds;
  • Purchases materials; 
  • Runs precise feeding experiments to determine the efficiency and cost of various foods and feeding programs;
  • Prescribes treatment for parasites or diseases;
  • Conducts visiting groups through the hatchery complex;
  • Supervises research in feeding, diets, disease, parasite control and genetics;
  • Performs related duties as required.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

  • Considerable knowledge of
    • relevant state and federal laws, statutes and regulations;
    • relevant agency policies and procedures;
    • approved methods and techniques of modern fish culture;
  • Knowledge of
    • diseases of fish and their treatment;
    • plumbing, pumps, generators, painting and carpentry;
  • Considerable
    • interpersonal skills;
    • oral and written communication skills;
  • Considerable ability to maintain records;
  • Ability to utilize computer software;
  • Supervisory ability.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Six (6) years of experience in the care and propagation of fish.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SPECIAL EXPERIENCE

One (1) year of the General Experience must have been in a supervisory capacity in the care and propagation of fish.

NOTE: For state employees this experience is interpreted at the level of an Environmental Protection Fish Hatchery Supervisor 1.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED

College training in fishery science may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Incumbents in this class may be required to live on site.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Incumbents in this class must have adequate physical strength, stamina, physical agility and visual and auditory acuity, and must maintain such physical fitness as to be able ability to perform the duties.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Incumbents in this class may be exposed to some danger of injury or physical harm from environmental conditions and to a moderate degree of discomfort from year-round weather conditions.

COMPENSATION GUIDELINES

  • The classification of Environmental Protection Fish Hatchery Supervisor 2 is assigned to Salary Group ES 25a.
  • Employees shall proceed through that salary group and then shall proceed to the maximum salary of Salary Group ES 26.
  • The Job Code is identified as Salary Plan EE in CORE-CT.

JOB CLASS DESIGNATION

Classified/Competitive

OCCUPATIONAL GROUP

(16)-Labor-Trades, Laundry

BARGAINING UNIT

(15)-ENG, SCIEN, TECH P-4

EEO

(2)-Professional

SALARY INFORMATION

EE 25

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes.  As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.

CANCELLATION CLAUSE

This replaces the existing specification for the class of Environmental Protection Fish Hatchery Supervisor 2 (35 Hour) in Salary Group EE 25 approved effective December 27, 2013. (Reviewed for content, revised to modernize format and add an Acknowledgement section.) Final No. 24-008

EFFECTIVE DATE

01/16/2024
CLASS: 3922EE; REV: 1/22/2024;