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