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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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Develop and maintain computer databases.

  • Map forest tract data using digital mapping systems.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Monitor activities of logging companies and contractors.

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

Technologies & Software

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

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