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