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