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