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