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