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