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