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