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