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