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