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