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