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