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