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