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