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