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