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