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