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