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