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