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