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