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