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