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