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