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