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