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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”
- Patrol park or forest areas to protect resources and prevent damage.
- Measure distances, clean sightlines, and record data to help survey crews.
- Train and lead forest and conservation workers in seasonal activities, such as planting tree seedlings, putting out forest fires, and maintaining recreational facilities.
- Plan and supervise construction of access routes and forest roads.
- 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.
- Conduct laboratory or field experiments with plants, animals, insects, diseases and soils.
- Monitor activities of logging companies and contractors.
- Keep records of the amount and condition of logs taken to mills.
- Develop and maintain computer databases.
- Issue fire permits, timber permits, and other forest use licenses.
- Manage forest protection activities, including fire control, fire crew training, and coordination of fire detection and public education programs.
- Supervise forest nursery operations, timber harvesting, land use activities such as livestock grazing, and disease or insect control programs.
- Inspect trees and collect samples of plants, seeds, foliage, bark and roots to locate insect and disease damage.
- Provide forestry education and general information, advice, and recommendations to woodlot owners, community organizations, and the general public.
- Install gauges, stream flow recorders, and soil moisture measuring instruments, and collect and record data from them to assist with watershed analysis.
- Provide information about, and enforce, regulations such as those concerning environmental protection, resource utilization, fire safety and accident prevention.
- Select and mark trees for thinning or logging, drawing detailed plans that include access 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.
- Survey, measure, and map access roads and forest areas such as burns, cut-over areas, experimental plots, and timber sales sections.
Related Technology & Tools
- Relaskops
- Slurry buckets
- Plug spades
- Excavators
- Front end loaders
- Soil augers
- Farm tractors
- Grass whips
- Gill nets
- All terrain vehicles ATV
- Trail motorbikes
- Watermark soil moisture data collectors
- Harrows
- Snowplows
- Theodolites
- Digital cameras
- Dibblers
- Hypsometers
- Truck-mounted water pumps
- Metal detectors
- Water monitoring meters
- Fertilizer spreaders
- Planters
- Video editing equipment
- Soil moisture meters
- Tensiometers
- pH meters
- Trawls
- Pruning saws
- Aquatic weed harvesters
- Geological compasses
- Amphibious excavators
- Forestry rain gauges
- Laser surveying equipment
- Notebook computers
- Survey transits
- Altimeters
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Laser rangefinders
- Water monitoring samplers
- Wheeler pentaprism calipers
- Pickup trucks
- Magnetic locators
- Airboats
- Total stations
- Electronic rain gauges ERR
- Aerial bucket trucks
- Terrain torches
- McLeod tools
- Wildland fire pumper trucks
- Global positioning system GPS data collectors
- Macroalgae harvesters
- Electroshocking boats
- Clearing hooks
- Brush trucks
- Trucks
- Desktop computers
- Survey levels
- Remote video cameras
- Track bulldozers
- Axes
- Wedges
- Field personal computers PC
- Fire plows
- Brush hooks
- Lawn mowers
- Winch trucks
- Soil probes
- Diameter tapes
- Tree planter spades
- Gunjets for pressurized sprayers
- Hydraulic truck-mounted cranes
- Laser tree measuring devices
- Remote sensing equipment
- Sprayers
- Personal computers
- Chain saws
- Clinometers
- Stadia rods
- Leaf area meter scanning instruments
- Measuring wheels
- Frame nets
- Seines
- Dump trucks
- Water trucks
- Water samplers
- Moisture meters
- Planimeters
- Girdling tools
- Calipers
- Rubber-tired bulldozers
- Mantax computer tree calipers
- Loggers' tapes
- Forklifts
- Pocket transits
- Shovels
- Truck cranes
- Boats
- Handheld refractometers
- Bulldozers
- Stream flow gauges
- Seed drills
- Basal area factor BAF prisms
- Winches
- Prisms
- Hydraulic dredges
- Crown densitometers
- Two way radios
- Tree corers
- Pulaski tools
- Tugboats
- Backhoes
- Field data recorders
- Water level recorders
- Increment borers
- Assisi Software Forest Inventory
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Photogrammetric software
- Microsoft Excel
- Haglof Sweden AB TCruise Forest Inventory
- Assisi Software Compiler
- Fire behavior modeling software
- Assisi Software Forest
- LJI Technologies Lumberjack
- ESRI ArcView
- LoggerPC software
- Spreadsheet software
- Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
- Autodesk AutoCAD LT
- RockWare ArcMap
- Allegro Landmark
- PhoenixPRO Forest Activity Tracking
- JRP Consulting Plant Wizard
- Web browser software
- Atterbury Consultants SuperAce
- Geomechanical design analysis GDA software
- Forest Vegetation Simulator FVS
- Microsoft Access
- Corel Presentation
- JRP Consulting Survey Wizard
- Ben Meadows Yeoman Expedition
- Traverse PC
- Word processing software
- Computer graphics software
- Forest EcoSurvey
- Remote sensing software
- Database software
- HARVEST
- Microsoft Office
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Microsoft Word
- Desktop publishing software