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