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