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