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