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