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