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Job Description
Manage public and private forested lands for economic, recreational, and conservation purposes. May inventory the type, amount, and location of standing timber, appraise the timber's worth, negotiate the purchase, and draw up contracts for procurement. May determine how to conserve wildlife habitats, creek beds, water quality, and soil stability, and how best to comply with environmental regulations. May devise plans for planting and growing new trees, monitor trees for healthy growth, and determine optimal harvesting schedules.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-1032.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 60,300.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 28.00
- Currently, there are 8,420 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Foresters”.
Also Known As…
- Foresters
- Urban Forester
- Silviculturist
- Resource Forester
- Regional Forester
- Forester
- Forest Practices Field Coordinator
- Fire Prevention Forester
- Environmental Protection Forester
- Chief Unit Forester
- Area Forester
- Wildlife Removal Specialist
- Utility Forester
- Timber Management Specialist
- Timber Management Assistant
- Staff Forester
- Silviculture Forester
- Operations Forester
- Land Management Forester
- Forestry Technician
- Forestry Supervisor
- Forestry Scientist
- Forestry Consultant
- Forestry Aid
- Forest Supervisor
- Forest Pathologist
- Forest Manager
- Forest Examiner
- Extension Forester
Tasks for “Urban Forester”
- Develop techniques for measuring and identifying trees.
- Monitor forest-cleared lands to ensure that they are reclaimed to their most suitable end use.
- Plan cutting programs and manage timber sales from harvested areas, assisting companies to achieve production goals.
- Plan and direct construction and maintenance of recreation facilities, fire towers, trails, roads and bridges, ensuring that they comply with guidelines and regulations set for forested public lands.
- Conduct public educational programs on forest care and conservation.
- Monitor contract compliance and results of forestry activities to assure adherence to government regulations.
- Contact local forest owners and gain permission to take inventory of the type, amount, and location of all standing timber on the property.
- Subcontract with loggers or pulpwood cutters for tree removal and to aid in road layout.
- Procure timber from private landowners.
- Establish short- and long-term plans for management of forest lands and forest resources.
- Perform inspections of forests or forest nurseries.
- Plan and supervise forestry projects, such as determining the type, number and placement of trees to be planted, managing tree nurseries, thinning forest and monitoring growth of new seedlings.
- Map forest area soils and vegetation to estimate the amount of standing timber and future value and growth.
- Supervise activities of other forestry workers.
- Negotiate terms and conditions of agreements and contracts for forest harvesting, forest management and leasing of forest lands.
- Determine methods of cutting and removing timber with minimum waste and environmental damage.
- Plan and direct forest surveys and related studies and prepare reports and recommendations.
- Direct, and participate in, forest fire suppression.
- Study different tree species' classification, life history, light and soil requirements, adaptation to new environmental conditions and resistance to disease and insects.
- Choose and prepare sites for new trees, using controlled burning, bulldozers, or herbicides to clear weeds, brush, and logging debris.
- Develop new techniques for wood or residue use.
- Monitor wildlife populations and assess the impacts of forest operations on population and habitats.
- Analyze effect of forest conditions on tree growth rates and tree species prevalence and the yield, duration, seed production, growth viability, and germination of different species.
- Provide advice and recommendations, as a consultant on forestry issues, to private woodlot owners, firefighters, government agencies or to companies.
- Plan and implement projects for conservation of wildlife habitats and soil and water quality.
Related Technology & Tools
- Four wheel drive 4WD vehicles
- Global positioning system GPS devices
- Backpack sprayers
- Bucket trucks
- Tablet computers
- Hand pruners
- Brush chippers
- Pole pruners
- Multipurpose front end loaders
- Hand saws
- Forestry axes
- Steel measuring tapes
- Laptop computers
- Weed sprayers
- Handheld dataloggers
- Power pruners
- Computer data input scanners
- Hip chains
- Personal computers
- Multipurpose skid steer loaders
- Power loppers
- Stump grinders
- All-terrain vehicles ATV
- Tree scale sticks
- Digital clinometers
- Computer laser printers
- Chainsaws
- Navigational compasses
- Mapping software
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- ESRI ArcView
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Excel
- Work scheduling software
- Microsoft Word
- Geographic information system GIS software
- Fountains Forestry TwoDog
- Web browser software
- Forest Metrix
- Forest vegetation simulators
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Outlook
- SMART
- Microsoft Access
- Data entry software
- IBM Notes
- Trimble CENGEA
- Forest yield software