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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
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. | Train and lead forest and conservation workers in seasonal activities, such as planting tree seedlings, putting out forest fires and maintaining recreational facilities. | |||
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Monitor activities of logging companies and contractors. | ||||
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Select and mark trees for thinning or logging, drawing detailed plans that include access roads. | ||||
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Thin and space trees and control weeds and undergrowth, using manual tools and chemicals, or supervise workers performing these tasks. | ||||
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Manage forest protection activities, including fire control, fire crew training, and coordination of fire detection and public education programs. | ||||
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Survey, measure, and map access roads and forest areas such as burns, cut-over areas, experimental plots, and timber sales sections. | ||||
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Patrol park or forest areas to protect resources and prevent damage. | ||||
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Provide information about, and enforce, regulations such as those concerning environmental protection, resource utilization, fire safety and accident prevention. | ||||
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Keep records of the amount and condition of logs taken to mills. | ||||
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Supervise forest nursery operations, timber harvesting, land use activities such as livestock grazing, and disease or insect control programs. | ||||
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Issue fire permits, timber permits and other forest use licenses. | ||||
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Develop and maintain computer databases. | ||||
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Measure distances, clean site-lines, and record data to help survey crews. | ||||
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Plan and supervise construction of access routes and forest roads. | ||||
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Provide forestry education and general information, advice, and recommendations to woodlot owners, community organizations, and the general public. | ||||
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Perform reforestation, or forest renewal, including nursery and silviculture operations, site preparation, seeding and tree planting programs, cone collection, and tree improvement. | ||||
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Conduct laboratory or field experiments with plants, animals, insects, diseases and soils. | ||||
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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. | ||||
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Inspect trees and collect samples of plants, seeds, foliage, bark and roots to locate insect and disease damage. | ||||
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Install gauges, stream flow recorders, and soil moisture measuring instruments, and collect and record data from them to assist with watershed analysis. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Forest and Conservation Technicians
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Transportation | Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. | |||
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English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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Geography | Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life. | |||
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Law and Government | Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. | |||
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Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. | |||
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Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. | |||
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Biology | Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment. | |||
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Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. | |||
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Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. | |||
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History and Archeology | Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures. | |||
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Clerical | Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology. | |||
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Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. | |||
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Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. | |||
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Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Management of Personnel Resources | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. | |||
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Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. | |||
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Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. | |||
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Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |||
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Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. | |||
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Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. | |||
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Operation Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. | |||
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Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. | |||
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Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. | |||
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Stamina | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. | |||
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Depth Perception | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. | |||
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Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. | |||
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Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. | |||
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Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. | |||
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Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. | |||
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Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. | |||
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Spatial Orientation | The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you. | |||
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Time Sharing | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). | |||
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Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. | |||
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Speed of Limb Movement | The ability to quickly move the arms and legs. | |||
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Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. | |||
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Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). | |||
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Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. | |||
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Memorization | The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. | |||
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Rate Control | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. | |||
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Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. | |||
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Dynamic Strength | The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue. | |||
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Glare Sensitivity | The ability to see objects in the presence of glare or bright lighting. | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
Allegro Landmark | Map creation software | |||
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Assisi Software Compiler | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Assisi Software Forest | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Assisi Software Forest Inventory | Inventory management software | |||
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Atterbury Consultants SuperAce | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Autodesk AutoCAD LT | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Ben Meadows Yeoman Expedition | Map creation software | |||
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Computer aided design CAD software | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Computer graphics software | Graphics or photo imaging software | |||
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Corel Presentation | Presentation software | |||
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Database software | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Desktop publishing software | Desktop publishing software | |||
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ESRI ArcView | Map creation software | |||
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Fire behavior modeling software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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FlapX software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Forest EcoSurvey | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Forest Vegetation Simulator FVS | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Forestry Reconnaissance ArcView Editor RAVE software | Map creation software | |||
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Geomechanical design analysis GDA software | Map creation software | |||
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HARVEST | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Haglof Sweden AB TCruise Forest Inventory | Inventory management software | |||
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JRP Consulting Plant Wizard | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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JRP Consulting Survey Wizard | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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LJI Technologies Lumberjack | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE | Map creation software | |||
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LoggerPC software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Microsoft Access | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | |||
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Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | |||
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Microsoft Word | Word processing software | |||
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PhoenixPRO Forest Activity Tracking | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Photogrammetric software | Map creation software | |||
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Remote sensing software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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RockWare ArcMap | Map creation software | |||
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Spreadsheet software | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Traverse PC software | Map creation software | |||
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Web browser software | Internet browser software | |||
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Word processing software | Word processing software | |||
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Aerial bucket trucks | Articulating boom lift | |||
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Airboats | Recreational motorboats | |||
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All terrain vehicles ATV | All terrain vehicles tracked or wheeled | |||
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Altimeters | Height gauges | |||
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Amphibious excavators | Track excavators | |||
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Aquatic weed harvesters | Dredgers | |||
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Axes | Axes | |||
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Backhoes | Backhoes | |||
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Basal area factor BAF prisms | Prisms | |||
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Boats | Recreational motorboats | |||
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Brush hooks | Reforestation equipment | |||
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Brush trucks | Dump trucks | |||
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Bulldozers | Wheel bulldozers | |||
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Calipers | Calipers | |||
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Chain saws | Power saws | |||
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Clearing hooks | Lumbering equipment | |||
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Clinometers | Clinometers | |||
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Crown densitometers | Geological prospecting apparatus | |||
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Desktop computers | Desktop computers | |||
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Diameter tapes | Measuring tapes | |||
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Dibblers | Dibblers | |||
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Digital cameras | Digital cameras | |||
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Dump trucks | Dump trucks | |||
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Electronic rain gauges ERR | Rainfall recorders | |||
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Electroshocking boats | Fishing boats | |||
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Excavators | Track excavators | |||
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Farm tractors | Agricultural tractors | |||
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Fertilizer spreaders | Fertilizer spreaders or distributors | |||
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Field data recorders | Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers | |||
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Field personal computers PC | Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers | |||
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Fire plows | Earthmoving shovels | |||
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Forestry rain gauges | Rainfall recorders | |||
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Forklifts | Forklifts | |||
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Frame nets | Commercial fishing nets | |||
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Front end loaders | Front end loaders | |||
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Geological compasses | Geological compasses | |||
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Gill nets | Commercial fishing nets | |||
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Girdling tools | Decorticators | |||
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Global positioning system GPS data collectors | Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers | |||
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Global positioning system GPS devices | Global positioning system receivers | |||
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Grass whips | Lumbering equipment | |||
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Gunjets for pressurized sprayers | Sprayers | |||
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Handheld refractometers | Handheld refractometers or polarimeters | |||
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Harrows | Harrows | |||
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Hydraulic dredges | Dredgers | |||
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Hydraulic truck-mounted cranes | Hydraulic truck cranes | |||
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Hypsometers | Rangefinders | |||
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Increment borers | Forestry increment borers | |||
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Laser rangefinders | Rangefinders | |||
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Laser surveying equipment | Lasers | |||
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Laser tree measuring devices | Laser measuring systems | |||
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Lawn mowers | Lawnmowers | |||
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Leaf area meter scanning instruments | Scanners | |||
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Loggers' tapes | Measuring tapes | |||
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Macroalgae harvesters | Pisciculture supplies | |||
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Magnetic locators | Magnetometer geophysical instruments | |||
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Mantax computer tree calipers | Calipers | |||
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McLeod tools | Fire suppression hand tools | |||
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Measuring wheels | Measuring wheels for distance | |||
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Metal detectors | Metal detectors | |||
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Moisture meters | Moisture meters | |||
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Notebook computers | Notebook computers | |||
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Personal computers | Personal computers | |||
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Pickup trucks | Light trucks or sport utility vehicles | |||
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Planimeters | Map measurers | |||
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Planters | Planters | |||
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Plug spades | Reforestation equipment | |||
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Pocket transits | Geological compasses | |||
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Prisms | Prisms | |||
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Pruning saws | Forestry saws | |||
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Pulaski tools | Fire suppression hand tools | |||
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Relaskops | Height gauges | |||
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Remote sensing equipment | Radarbased surveillance systems | |||
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Remote video cameras | Digital camcorders or video cameras | |||
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Rubber-tired bulldozers | Wheel bulldozers | |||
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Seed drills | Seed drills | |||
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Seines | Commercial fishing nets | |||
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Shovels | Shovels | |||
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Slurry buckets | Earthmoving buckets or its parts or accessories | |||
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Snowplows | Snowplow attachments | |||
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Soil augers | Soil core sampling apparatus | |||
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Soil moisture meters | Moisture meters | |||
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Soil probes | Soil core sampling apparatus | |||
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Sprayers | Sprayers | |||
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Stadia rods | Measuring rods | |||
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Stream flow gauges | Open stream current meters | |||
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Survey levels | Theodolites | |||
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Survey transits | Theodolites | |||
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Tensiometers | Tensiometers | |||
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Terrain torches | Lighters | |||
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Theodolites | Theodolites | |||
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Total stations | Theodolites | |||
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Track bulldozers | Track bulldozers | |||
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Trail motorbikes | Motorcycles | |||
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Trawls | Commercial fishing nets | |||
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Tree corers | Forestry increment borers | |||
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Tree planter spades | Reforestation equipment | |||
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Truck cranes | Conventional truck cranes | |||
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Truck-mounted water pumps | Water pumps | |||
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Trucks | Light trucks or sport utility vehicles | |||
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Tugboats | Tug boats | |||
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Two way radios | Two way radios | |||
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Video editing equipment | Video editors | |||
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Water level recorders | Open stream water level recorders | |||
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Water monitoring meters | Water meters | |||
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Water monitoring samplers | Water samplers | |||
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Water samplers | Water samplers | |||
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Water trucks | Water trucks | |||
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Watermark soil moisture data collectors | Moisture meters | |||
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Wedges | Wedges | |||
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Wheeler pentaprism calipers | Calipers | |||
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Wildland fire pumper trucks | Fire or rescue trucks | |||
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Winch trucks | Tow trucks | |||
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Winches | Winches | |||
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pH meters | pH meters | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) | |||
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Required Level of Education | Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) | |||
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On-the-Job Training | Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Conservation Agent | |||
Conservation Officer | |||
Conservation Specialist | |||
Conservationist | |||
Fire Engine Operator | |||
Fire Management Officer | |||
Fire Technician | |||
Firefighter | |||
Forest Ranger | |||
Forest Technician | |||
Forester | |||
Forester Aide | |||
Forestry Aide | |||
Forestry Technician | |||
Forestry and Wildlife Manager | |||
Grazing Aide | |||
Grazing Examiner | |||
Natural Resources Technician | |||
Park Ranger | |||
Park Warden | |||
Resource Manager | |||
Resource Manager Forester | |||
Resource Technician | |||
Silviculturist | |||
Soil Conservation Aide | |||
Soil Conservation Technician | |||
Soil Technologist | |||
Soil Tester | |||
Timber Appraiser | |||
Timber Management Technician | |||
Tree Expert | |||
Tree Warden | |||
Type Mapper | |||
Vector Control Specialist | |||
Wildlife Biologist | |||
Wildlife Technician | |||
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