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