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