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