The position will perform the duties listed above in a manner consistent with the Commission’s policies and procedures and report to the ANA Grant Project Director.
- Paint and assemble maple sap evaporators and organize maple sap harvesting and processing equipment.
- Deliver project equipment and supplies to tribal project partners and selected new harvester applicants.
- Obtaining required signatures on equipment transfer agreements, photo release forms, and other project required documents.
- Developing maple sap harvesting and processing training curriculum integrating Ojibwe Traditional Ecological Knowledge from tribal elders including traditional practices, modern practices, and the use and maintenance of harvesting/processing equipment.
- Work with tribal leaders and programs to select new harvesters for the ANA project through an application process and determine where new equipment will be housed.
- Communicate with project partners and new harvesters to schedule maple sap harvesting and processing workshops within tribal communities.
- Conduct on-site ServSafe and Tribal Food Code training workshops for tribal project partners and selected new harvester applicants ensuring the safe harvest and processing of maple sap for tribal communities in compliance with applicable food safety standards.
- Conduct on-site training to tribal project partners and selected new harvester applicants ensuring proper use and maintenance of maple sap harvesting/processing equipment.
- Work with GLIFWC staff to assist tribal members in obtaining off-reservation maple sap harvesting permits; identify maple harvest stands; and work with the appropriate local, state, and federal land managers.
- Provide technical assistance to selected new harvester applicants to build their capacity to
- conduct maple sap collection and processing workshops in their respective tribal communities.
- Work with the ANA Director/Intermedia Web Designer to produce videos on maple sap harvesting and processing.
- Communicate and maintain communication with tribal communities to promote project activities including social media postings, tribal eNewsletters, etc.
- Write and submit project update articles to GLIFWC’s Mazina’igan newspaper.
- Attend GLIFWC’s Voigt Intertribal Task Force and Board of Commissioner’s meetings to provide project updates as directed.