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