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