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