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