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