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