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