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