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