Summer Internships Available

The Soundwatch Boater Education Program is seeking interns to assist with the successful and internationally acclaimed education and monitoring program working to reduce vessel disturbance to killer whales and other marine wildlife in the HaroStrait region of Washington State and British Columbia, Canada. Soundwatch needs assistants to help conduct seasonal vessel patrols to educate boaters on regional guidelines and regulations and to collect data while monitoring vessel activities around whales. Data from this important program characterizes vessel activity trends around marine wildlife and is used to promote better boater compliance and to inform marine mammal management strategies such as state and federal vessel laws and guidelines.

Internship based in Friday Harbor, WA, approximately 35-40 hours per week, May-October, variety of tasks both in an office setting and in the field on the patrol boat and/or shore based whale watch areas.

Please see attachments for more detail. Internship is unpaid. Shared housing at reasonable cost, is likely available.

REQUIREMENTS:
Applicants must be at least 18 years, be physically fit (able to lift 40 lbs), able to swim, and not easily susceptible to seasickness. Be prepared to spend time aboard a small (20 ft.) vessel in unpredictable weather and sea conditions. Interns will need a valid passport or US enhanced driver’s license, CPR/First Aid certification. A state boater license/or equivalent safe boating card, not required but is a bonus.

HOW TO APPLY FOR INTERNSHIP POSITION

Please send a letter of interest, a resume, and contact information for three references. Be sure to include what dates you can start/end.

Applications accepted until April 1^st, 2013. Decisions will be made by mid-April.

            Please send application materials to:

Eric Eisenhardt

Soundwatch Coordinator

P.O. Box945

Friday Harbor,Washington98250

Or email (preferred) to:soundwatch@whalemuseum.org

 

 

Please visit The Whale Museum’s Web site for more information on Soundwatch: http://www.whalemuseum.org/programs/soundwatch/soundwatch.html