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