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