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