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