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