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