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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Forestry Aide” be Automated?

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AI Exposure Risk

42%

“Forestry Aide” will probably not be replaced by AI.

Based on the cognitive demands, communication requirements, and logical reasoning intrinsic to this occupation according to O*NET data, we project a 42% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

55%

“Forestry Aide” will maybe be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 55% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Forest and Conservation Technicians, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Provide technical assistance regarding the conservation of soil, water, forests, or related natural resources. May compile data pertaining to size, content, condition, and other characteristics of forest tracts under the direction of foresters, or train and lead forest workers in forest propagation and fire prevention and suppression. May assist conservation scientists in managing, improving, and protecting rangelands and wildlife habitats.

Avg. Annual Salary $56,660
Avg. Hourly Wage $27.24
Available Jobs (US) 31,080
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Forest and Conservation Technicians #19-4071
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Forest and Conservation Technicians”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Plan and supervise construction of access routes and forest roads.

  • Develop and maintain computer databases.

  • Provide information about, and enforce, regulations, such as those concerning environmental protection, resource utilization, fire safety, and accident prevention.

  • Issue fire permits, timber permits, and other forest use licenses.

  • Keep records of the amount and condition of logs taken to mills.

  • Survey, measure, and map access roads and forest areas such as burns, cut-over areas, experimental plots, and timber sales sections.

  • Supervise forest nursery operations, timber harvesting, land use activities such as livestock grazing, and disease or insect control programs.

  • Conduct laboratory or field experiments with plants, animals, insects, diseases, and soils.

  • Monitor activities of logging companies and contractors.

  • Manage forest protection activities, including fire control, fire crew training, and coordination of fire detection and public education programs.

  • Inspect trees and collect samples of plants, seeds, foliage, bark, and roots to locate insect and disease damage.

  • Select and mark trees for thinning or logging, drawing detailed plans that include access roads.

  • Train and lead forest and conservation workers in seasonal activities, such as planting tree seedlings, putting out forest fires, and maintaining recreational facilities.

  • Provide technical support to forestry research programs in areas such as tree improvement, seed orchard operations, insect and disease surveys, or experimental forestry and forest engineering research.

  • Patrol park or forest areas to protect resources and prevent damage.

  • Measure distances, clean sightlines, and record data to help survey crews.

  • Perform reforestation or forest renewal, including nursery and silviculture operations, site preparation, seeding and tree planting programs, cone collection, and tree improvement.

  • Thin and space trees and control weeds and undergrowth, using manual tools and chemicals, or supervise workers performing these tasks.

  • Map forest tract data using digital mapping systems.

  • Provide forestry education and general information, advice, and recommendations to woodlot owners, community organizations, and the general public.

Technologies & Software

  • Geographic information system GIS systems
  • HARVEST
  • Assisi Inventory
  • Ben Meadows Yeoman Expedition
  • Atterbury Consultants SuperAce
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • Microsoft Access
  • Elicit
  • USDA Forest Vegetation Simulator FVS
  • Photogrammetric software
  • Spreadsheet software
  • Word processing software
  • Assisi Compiler
  • NotebookLM (Google)
  • Geomechanical design analysis GDA software
  • Allegro Landmark
  • RockWare ArcMap
  • Semantic Scholar AI
  • LJI Technologies Lumberjack
  • Forest EcoSurvey
  • ESRI ArcGIS software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Word
  • LoggerPC software
  • Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • Computer graphics software
  • Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP
  • Remote sensing software
  • Scite AI
  • Web browser software
  • Computer aided design CAD software
  • Haglof Sweden AB TCruise Forest Inventory
  • Corel Presentation
  • Database software
  • PhoenixPRO Forest Activity Tracking
  • Facebook
  • Consensus
  • Fire behavior modeling software
  • Mistral AI (chat/models)
  • Autodesk AutoCAD LT
  • Perplexity AI
  • Assisi Forest
  • Microsoft Excel
  • ESRI ArcView
  • Desktop publishing software
  • JRP Consulting Survey Wizard
  • JRP Consulting Plant Wizard
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Traverse PC
  • Global positioning system GPS receivers
  • Geological compasses
  • Video editing equipment
  • Planimeters
  • Forklifts
  • Notebook computers
  • Plug spades
  • Pickup trucks
  • Dibblers
  • Brush hooks
  • Laser rangefinders
  • Increment borers
  • Water samplers
  • Sprayers
  • Soil moisture meters
  • Magnetic locators
  • Watermark soil moisture data collectors
  • Tensiometers
  • Survey levels
  • Backhoes
  • Electronic rain gauges ERR
  • Harrows
  • Remote sensing equipment
  • Tree corers
  • Fire plows
  • Hypsometers
  • Soil probes
  • Shovels
  • Winch trucks
  • Loggers' tapes
  • Leaf area meter scanning instruments
  • Frame nets
  • Hydraulic truck-mounted cranes
  • Relaskops
  • McLeod tools
  • Desktop computers
  • Seines
  • Laser surveying equipment
  • Survey transits
  • Stream flow gauges
  • Crown densitometers
  • Moisture meters
  • Diameter tapes
  • Airboats
  • Winches
  • Laser tree measuring devices
  • Pocket transits
  • Axes
  • Field data recorders
  • Aerial bucket trucks
  • Two way radios
  • Fertilizer spreaders
  • Track bulldozers
  • Altimeters
  • Calipers
  • Brush trucks
  • Field personal computers PC
  • Aquatic weed harvesters
  • Water monitoring samplers
  • Metal detectors
  • Remote video cameras
  • Grass whips
  • Dump trucks
  • Total stations
  • Tree planter spades
  • Forestry rain gauges
  • Prisms
  • Trail motorbikes
  • Rubber-tired bulldozers
  • Trawls
  • Front end loaders
  • Pruning saws
  • Amphibious excavators
  • Electroshocking boats
  • Wildland fire pumper trucks
  • Macroalgae harvesters
  • Trucks
  • Measuring wheels
  • Hydraulic dredges
  • Terrain torches
  • Seed drills
  • Gill nets
  • Clearing hooks
  • Gunjets for pressurized sprayers
  • Snowplows
  • Global positioning system GPS data collectors
  • Planters
  • Chain saws
  • Girdling tools
  • Stadia rods
  • pH meters
  • Water monitoring meters
  • Truck-mounted water pumps
  • Tugboats
  • Handheld refractometers
  • Theodolites
  • Personal computers
  • Bulldozers
  • Boats
  • Wedges
  • Slurry buckets
  • Basal area factor BAF prisms
  • All terrain vehicles ATV
  • Farm tractors
  • Lawn mowers
  • Mantax computer tree calipers
  • Water trucks
  • Pulaski tools
  • Water level recorders
  • Soil augers
  • Wheeler pentaprism calipers
  • Truck cranes
  • Digital cameras
  • Clinometers
  • Excavators

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