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