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