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