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