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Job Description
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, fire prevention and suppression. May assist conservation scientists in managing, improving, and protecting rangelands and wildlife habitats.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-4093.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 38,630.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 18.00
- Currently, there are 30,090 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Forest and Conservation Technicians”.
Also Known As…
- Forest and Conservation Technicians
- Wildlife Technician
- Resource Technician
- Resource Manager
- Natural Resources Technician
- Forestry Technician
- Forestry Aide
- Forest Technician
- Forest Ranger
- Fire Technician
- Conservationist
- Wildlife Biologist
- Vector Control Specialist
- Type Mapper
- Tree Warden
- Tree Expert
- Timber Management Technician
- Timber Appraiser
- Soil Tester
- Soil Technologist
- Soil Conservation Technician
- Soil Conservation Aide
- Silviculturist
- Resource Manager Forester
- Park Warden
- Park Ranger
- Grazing Examiner
- Grazing Aide
- Forestry and Wildlife Manager
- Forestry Aid Technician
- Forester Aide
- Forester
- Firefighter
- Fire Management Officer
- Fire Engine Operator
- Conservation Technician
- Conservation Specialist
- Conservation Officer
Tasks for “Conservation Agent”
- Plan and supervise construction of access routes and forest roads.
- 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.
- Thin and space trees and control weeds and undergrowth, using manual tools and chemicals, or supervise workers performing these tasks.
- Monitor activities of logging companies and contractors.
- Inspect trees and collect samples of plants, seeds, foliage, bark and roots to locate insect and disease damage.
- Perform reforestation or forest renewal, including nursery and silviculture operations, site preparation, seeding and tree planting programs, cone collection, and tree improvement.
- Select and mark trees for thinning or logging, drawing detailed plans that include access roads.
- Survey, measure, and map access roads and forest areas such as burns, cut-over areas, experimental plots, and timber sales sections.
- Manage forest protection activities, including fire control, fire crew training, and coordination of fire detection and public education programs.
- Provide information about, and enforce, regulations such as those concerning environmental protection, resource utilization, fire safety and accident prevention.
- Supervise forest nursery operations, timber harvesting, land use activities such as livestock grazing, and disease or insect control programs.
- Patrol park or forest areas to protect resources and prevent damage.
- Train and lead forest and conservation workers in seasonal activities, such as planting tree seedlings, putting out forest fires, and maintaining recreational facilities.
- Provide forestry education and general information, advice, and recommendations to woodlot owners, community organizations, and the general public.
- Develop and maintain computer databases.
- Conduct laboratory or field experiments with plants, animals, insects, diseases and soils.
- Keep records of the amount and condition of logs taken to mills.
- Measure distances, clean sightlines, and record data to help survey crews.
- Install gauges, stream flow recorders, and soil moisture measuring instruments, and collect and record data from them to assist with watershed analysis.
- Issue fire permits, timber permits, and other forest use licenses.
Related Technology & Tools
- Truck cranes
- Water monitoring meters
- Crown densitometers
- Measuring wheels
- McLeod tools
- Water level recorders
- Wildland fire pumper trucks
- Brush hooks
- Laser surveying equipment
- Trail motorbikes
- Track bulldozers
- Laser tree measuring devices
- Chain saws
- Geological compasses
- Soil probes
- Grass whips
- Pickup trucks
- Basal area factor BAF prisms
- Macroalgae harvesters
- Moisture meters
- Frame nets
- Sprayers
- Mantax computer tree calipers
- Planimeters
- Seines
- Dump trucks
- Stream flow gauges
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Clinometers
- Hypsometers
- Slurry buckets
- Prisms
- Wheeler pentaprism calipers
- Winches
- Personal computers
- Watermark soil moisture data collectors
- Diameter tapes
- Hydraulic dredges
- Electronic rain gauges ERR
- Two way radios
- Theodolites
- Remote sensing equipment
- Pulaski tools
- Survey levels
- Video editing equipment
- Desktop computers
- Total stations
- Fertilizer spreaders
- Soil moisture meters
- Winch trucks
- Planters
- Leaf area meter scanning instruments
- pH meters
- Shovels
- Backhoes
- Notebook computers
- Clearing hooks
- Water trucks
- Gunjets for pressurized sprayers
- Aquatic weed harvesters
- Amphibious excavators
- Electroshocking boats
- Pruning saws
- Pocket transits
- Forklifts
- Laser rangefinders
- Metal detectors
- Plug spades
- Wedges
- All terrain vehicles ATV
- Altimeters
- Calipers
- Bulldozers
- Boats
- Harrows
- Tree corers
- Brush trucks
- Digital cameras
- Soil augers
- Remote video cameras
- Aerial bucket trucks
- Rubber-tired bulldozers
- Loggers' tapes
- Front end loaders
- Gill nets
- Handheld refractometers
- Trucks
- Dibblers
- Forestry rain gauges
- Hydraulic truck-mounted cranes
- Stadia rods
- Water samplers
- Tree planter spades
- Survey transits
- Airboats
- Axes
- Excavators
- Lawn mowers
- Increment borers
- Relaskops
- Field personal computers PC
- Snowplows
- Farm tractors
- Seed drills
- Trawls
- Tensiometers
- Global positioning system GPS data collectors
- Girdling tools
- Water monitoring samplers
- Fire plows
- Terrain torches
- Magnetic locators
- Tugboats
- Field data recorders
- Truck-mounted water pumps
- Remote sensing software
- Geomechanical design analysis GDA software
- JRP Consulting Plant Wizard
- Ben Meadows Yeoman Expedition
- Assisi Software Forest Inventory
- Desktop publishing software
- Haglof Sweden AB TCruise Forest Inventory
- LJI Technologies Lumberjack
- Atterbury Consultants SuperAce
- Photogrammetric software
- LoggerPC software
- Database software
- Forest Vegetation Simulator FVS
- Computer graphics software
- Microsoft Word
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Access
- JRP Consulting Survey Wizard
- Autodesk AutoCAD LT
- Forest EcoSurvey
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
- Fire behavior modeling software
- Computer aided design CAD software
- ESRI ArcView
- PhoenixPRO Forest Activity Tracking
- Traverse PC
- Spreadsheet software
- HARVEST
- Allegro Landmark
- Assisi Software Forest
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Corel Presentation
- Assisi Software Compiler
- Web browser software
- RockWare ArcMap
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Excel