Southern Research Station USDA Forest Service Getting to know you Name Hometown School Major Year or graduation date Breakout Fill your appointment card What is your favorite type of food ID: 677526
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Welcome to the CATT!
Center for Aquatic Technology TransferSouthern Research StationUSDA Forest Service Slide2
Getting to know you…
NameHometownSchoolMajorYear or graduation dateSlide3
Breakout
Fill your appointment card.What is your favorite type of food?What is your least favorite type of food?More to come…Slide4
So, what is the CATT?
Science delivery focused on aquaticsTeam of researchers, biologists, techniciansWe value:SafetyAccountability
CommunicationInclusionPartnershipYou are the CATT!Slide5
Topics
MissionStructureYouSlide6
CATT Mission
Science-based support for National Forest SystemFocus on aquatics related issues
Traditional technology transferDeploy trained personnel to field
NFS
CATT
R&DSlide7
Who works at the CATT?Slide8
Breakout
What are your expectations for this job?What is the #1 thing you want to get from this job?Slide9
Your opportunity with CATT
Technical skills (electrofishing, surveying)‘Soft’ skills (communication, inclusion)Top questions for entry-level positions?
How well do they work with others?Are they reliable?150+ CATT alumni, and growingSlide10
How to get ahead
Poor technical skills
Or poor soft skills
Good technical skills
Or good soft skills
Good technical skills
And good soft skillsSlide11
CATT Values
CATT
Communication
Accountability
Safety
Inclusion
PartnershipSlide12
Safety
Know
yourselfyour equipmentyour environmentProtect othersThink aheadBe proactiveSlide13
Accountability
QualityIntegrityPerceptionInternalExternalIntent vs. perceptionSlide14
Communication
InternalPeersSubordinatesSuperiorsExternalPartners
PublicSlide15
Inclusion
Everyone isValuedRespectedHeard
Team membersPartnersPublicCreate a culture of inclusion that awakens and strengthens all people’s connection to the land.Slide16
Partnership
MaintainStrengthenBuildSlide17
Breakout
Which of the CATT values resonates with you?Why?Slide18
CATT Values
CATT
Communication
Accountability
Safety
Inclusion
PartnershipSlide19
What is the CATT?
Science delivery focused on aquaticsTeam of researchers, biologists, techniciansWe value:Safety
AccountabilityCommunicationInclusionPartnershipYou are the CATT!Slide20
THE ENDSlide21
What are you up against?
North American Colleges with FisheriesB.S. 114M.S. 113Ph.D. 96Source, American Fisheries Society, 2014
Federal agency Fishery Biologist employeesUSFWS: 630USFS: 309BLM: 59COE: 85NPS: 37Source, OPM, June 2013Slide22
Breakout
The smallest and largest towns/cities where you’ve livedThe one place anywhere in the world you would like to visit next