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