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