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