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