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