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About This Career Path

Under supervision, perform manual labor necessary to develop, maintain, or protect areas such as forests, forested areas, woodlands, wetlands, and rangelands through such activities as raising and transporting seedlings; combating insects, pests, and diseases harmful to plant life; and building structures to control water, erosion, and leaching of soil. Includes forester aides, seedling pullers, tree planters, and gatherers of nontimber forestry products such as pine straw.

Environment

Forest and conversation workers typically work for state and local governments or on privately owned forest lands or nurseries. Governments also employ forest and conservation workers on a contract basis.

Also Known As

  • Forester
  • Chief unit forester
  • Fire prevention forester
  • Resource forester
  • Urban forester
  • Area forester
  • Environmental protection fester
  • Regional forester
  • Service forester
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Forest and Conservation Workers

Under supervision, perform manual labor necessary to develop, maintain, or protect areas such as forests, forested areas, woodlands, wetlands, and rangelands through such activities as raising and transporting seedlings; combating insects, pests, and diseases harmful to plant life; and building structures to control water, erosion, and leaching of soil.

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Top Expected Tasks

Forest and Conservation Workers

01

Check equipment to ensure that it is operating properly.

02

Fight forest fires or perform prescribed burning tasks under the direction of fire suppression officers or forestry technicians.

03

Perform fire protection or suppression duties, such as constructing fire breaks or disposing of brush.

04

Confer with other workers to discuss issues, such as safety, cutting heights, or work needs.

05

Maintain tallies of trees examined and counted during tree marking or measuring efforts.

06

Explain or enforce regulations regarding camping, vehicle use, fires, use of buildings, or sanitation.

07

Operate skidders, bulldozers, or other prime movers to pull a variety of scarification or site preparation equipment over areas to be regenerated.

08

Spray or inject vegetation with insecticides to kill insects or to protect against disease or with herbicides to reduce competing vegetation.

09

Thin or space trees, using power thinning saws.

10

Identify diseased or undesirable trees and remove them, using power saws or hand saws.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Forest and Conservation Workers

Common knowledge, skills & abilities needed to get a foot in the door.

KNOWLEDGE

Public Safety and Security

KNOWLEDGE

English Language

KNOWLEDGE

Customer and Personal Service

KNOWLEDGE

Administration and Management

KNOWLEDGE

Geography

SKILL

Critical Thinking

SKILL

Monitoring

SKILL

Active Learning

SKILL

Active Listening

SKILL

Coordination

ABILITY

Oral Comprehension

ABILITY

Problem Sensitivity

ABILITY

Oral Expression

ABILITY

Static Strength

ABILITY

Deductive Reasoning

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