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