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