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