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