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