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Job Description
Manage public and private forested lands for economic, recreational, and conservation purposes. May inventory the type, amount, and location of standing timber, appraise the timber's worth, negotiate the purchase, and draw up contracts for procurement. May determine how to conserve wildlife habitats, creek beds, water quality, and soil stability, and how best to comply with environmental regulations. May devise plans for planting and growing new trees, monitor trees for healthy growth, and determine optimal harvesting schedules.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-1032.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 60,300.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 28.00
- Currently, there are 8,420 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Foresters”.
Also Known As…
- Foresters
- Urban Forester
- Silviculturist
- Resource Forester
- Regional Forester
- Forest Practices Field Coordinator
- Fire Prevention Forester
- Environmental Protection Forester
- Chief Unit Forester
- Area Forester
- Wildlife Removal Specialist
- Utility Forester
- Timber Management Specialist
- Timber Management Assistant
- Staff Forester
- Silviculture Forester
- Operations Forester
- Land Management Forester
- Forestry Technician
- Forestry Supervisor
- Forestry Scientist
- Forestry Consultant
- Forestry Aid
- Forester
- Forest Supervisor
- Forest Pathologist
- Forest Manager
- Forest Examiner
- Extension Forester
Tasks for “Forester”
- Monitor contract compliance and results of forestry activities to assure adherence to government regulations.
- Determine methods of cutting and removing timber with minimum waste and environmental damage.
- Subcontract with loggers or pulpwood cutters for tree removal and to aid in road layout.
- Monitor forest-cleared lands to ensure that they are reclaimed to their most suitable end use.
- Plan and supervise forestry projects, such as determining the type, number and placement of trees to be planted, managing tree nurseries, thinning forest and monitoring growth of new seedlings.
- Provide advice and recommendations, as a consultant on forestry issues, to private woodlot owners, firefighters, government agencies or to companies.
- Negotiate terms and conditions of agreements and contracts for forest harvesting, forest management and leasing of forest lands.
- Procure timber from private landowners.
- Establish short- and long-term plans for management of forest lands and forest resources.
- Conduct public educational programs on forest care and conservation.
- Analyze effect of forest conditions on tree growth rates and tree species prevalence and the yield, duration, seed production, growth viability, and germination of different species.
- Plan and implement projects for conservation of wildlife habitats and soil and water quality.
- Perform inspections of forests or forest nurseries.
- Plan and direct construction and maintenance of recreation facilities, fire towers, trails, roads and bridges, ensuring that they comply with guidelines and regulations set for forested public lands.
- Supervise activities of other forestry workers.
- Choose and prepare sites for new trees, using controlled burning, bulldozers, or herbicides to clear weeds, brush, and logging debris.
- Direct, and participate in, forest fire suppression.
- Monitor wildlife populations and assess the impacts of forest operations on population and habitats.
- Develop techniques for measuring and identifying trees.
- Map forest area soils and vegetation to estimate the amount of standing timber and future value and growth.
- Develop new techniques for wood or residue use.
- Study different tree species' classification, life history, light and soil requirements, adaptation to new environmental conditions and resistance to disease and insects.
- Contact local forest owners and gain permission to take inventory of the type, amount, and location of all standing timber on the property.
- Plan cutting programs and manage timber sales from harvested areas, assisting companies to achieve production goals.
- Plan and direct forest surveys and related studies and prepare reports and recommendations.
Related Technology & Tools
- Four wheel drive 4WD vehicles
- Digital clinometers
- Laptop computers
- Stump grinders
- Backpack sprayers
- Global positioning system GPS devices
- Tablet computers
- Bucket trucks
- Handheld dataloggers
- Power loppers
- Tree scale sticks
- Weed sprayers
- Steel measuring tapes
- Computer data input scanners
- Personal computers
- Pole pruners
- Hand saws
- Hand pruners
- Multipurpose front end loaders
- Computer laser printers
- Power pruners
- All-terrain vehicles ATV
- Multipurpose skid steer loaders
- Chainsaws
- Forestry axes
- Brush chippers
- Hip chains
- Navigational compasses
- Fountains Forestry TwoDog
- Mapping software
- Microsoft Office
- ESRI ArcView
- Microsoft Excel
- Forest yield software
- IBM Notes
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Word
- Trimble CENGEA
- Microsoft Outlook
- SMART
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Data entry software
- Microsoft Access
- Geographic information system GIS software
- Forest Metrix
- Work scheduling software
- Forest vegetation simulators