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