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