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