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