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