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