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