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