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