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