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