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