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