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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”
- Monitor contract compliance and results of forestry activities to assure adherence to government regulations.
- Monitor wildlife populations and assess the impacts of forest operations on population and habitats.
- Develop new techniques for wood or residue use.
- Contact local forest owners and gain permission to take inventory of the type, amount, and location of all standing timber on the property.
- Conduct public educational programs on forest care and conservation.
- Choose and prepare sites for new trees, using controlled burning, bulldozers, or herbicides to clear weeds, brush, and logging debris.
- 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.
- Supervise activities of other forestry workers.
- Perform inspections of forests or forest nurseries.
- Provide advice and recommendations, as a consultant on forestry issues, to private woodlot owners, firefighters, government agencies or to companies.
- 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.
- Direct, and participate in, forest fire suppression.
- Monitor forest-cleared lands to ensure that they are reclaimed to their most suitable end use.
- Subcontract with loggers or pulpwood cutters for tree removal and to aid in road layout.
- 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.
- Negotiate terms and conditions of agreements and contracts for forest harvesting, forest management and leasing of forest lands.
- Plan and implement projects for conservation of wildlife habitats and soil and water quality.
- Plan cutting programs and manage timber sales from harvested areas, assisting companies to achieve production goals.
- Procure timber from private landowners.
- Determine methods of cutting and removing timber with minimum waste and environmental damage.
- Develop techniques for measuring and identifying trees.
- Study different tree species' classification, life history, light and soil requirements, adaptation to new environmental conditions and resistance to disease and insects.
- Map forest area soils and vegetation to estimate the amount of standing timber and future value and growth.
- Plan and direct forest surveys and related studies and prepare reports and recommendations.
- Establish short- and long-term plans for management of forest lands and forest resources.
Related Technology & Tools
- Backpack sprayers
- Weed sprayers
- Computer data input scanners
- Hand pruners
- Brush chippers
- Hip chains
- Navigational compasses
- Laptop computers
- All-terrain vehicles ATV
- Hand saws
- Computer laser printers
- Power loppers
- Steel measuring tapes
- Digital clinometers
- Tablet computers
- Tree scale sticks
- Chainsaws
- Power pruners
- Personal computers
- Pole pruners
- Global positioning system GPS devices
- Multipurpose skid steer loaders
- Handheld dataloggers
- Stump grinders
- Forestry axes
- Bucket trucks
- Multipurpose front end loaders
- Four wheel drive 4WD vehicles
- ESRI ArcView
- Microsoft Office
- Data entry software
- IBM Notes
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Access
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Fountains Forestry TwoDog
- Forest vegetation simulators
- Microsoft Excel
- Geographic information system GIS software
- SMART
- Work scheduling software
- Forest Metrix
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Outlook
- Forest yield software
- Web browser software
- Mapping software
- Trimble CENGEA