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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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • Monitor activities of logging companies and contractors.

  • Develop and maintain computer databases.

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • Map forest tract data using digital mapping systems.

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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