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