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