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