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