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