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