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