Jobs / Physical work / 45-4011.00
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. Includes forester aides, seedling pullers, tree planters, and gatherers of nontimber forestry products such as pine straw.
- US jobs
- 6,050
- Median wage
- $43,680 a year
- Job family
- Physical work
Can agents do the work of forest and conservation workers?
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Typical tasks
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- Check equipment to ensure that it is operating properly.
- Fight forest fires or perform prescribed burning tasks under the direction of fire suppression officers or forestry technicians.
- Perform fire protection or suppression duties, such as constructing fire breaks or disposing of brush.
- Confer with other workers to discuss issues, such as safety, cutting heights, or work needs.
- Maintain tallies of trees examined and counted during tree marking or measuring efforts.
- Explain or enforce regulations regarding camping, vehicle use, fires, use of buildings, or sanitation.
- Operate skidders, bulldozers, or other prime movers to pull a variety of scarification or site preparation equipment over areas to be regenerated.
- Spray or inject vegetation with insecticides to kill insects or to protect against disease or with herbicides to reduce competing vegetation.
- Thin or space trees, using power thinning saws.
- Identify diseased or undesirable trees and remove them, using power saws or hand saws.
- Select or cut trees according to markings or sizes, types, or grades.
- Prune or shear tree tops or limbs to control growth, increase density, or improve shape.
Other job titles for this occupation (80)
Christmas Tree Farmer · Conservation Officer · Field Laborer · Forest Ranger · Forest Resource Specialist · Forestry Support Specialist · Park Maintainer · Reforestation Worker · Tree Farmer · Tree Planter · Blister Rust Eradicator · Box Chipper · Box Cutter · Brusher · Chemical Sprayer · Chopper · Christmas Tree Farm Worker · Christmas Tree Grader · Christmas Tree Grower · Cone Picker · Conservation Coordinator · Conservation Specialist · Conservation Worker · Dipper · Environmental Field Laborer · Fern Cutter · Fern Gatherer · Fern Picker · Forest Aide · Forest and Conservation Worker · Forest Nursery Worker · Forest Products Gatherer · Forest Worker · Forester Aide · Forestry Aide · Forestry Conservation Worker · Forestry Farm Laborer · Forestry Laborer · Forestry Worker · Gatherer · Greens Picker · Grounds Crewman · Growth Hacker · Gum Dipper · Hacker · Land Conservation Specialist · Land Steward · Moss Picker · Natural Resources Specialist · Nut Picker · Palm Gatherer · Pine Straw Gatherer · Pitch Gatherer · Raker · Range Aide · Rangelands Conservation Laborer · Sap Gatherer · Scrape Gatherer · Seasonal Greenery Bundler · Seedling Puller · Seedling Sorter · Skidder Operator · Spanish Moss Picker · Timber Deadener · Timber Killer · Timber Poisoner · Tree Chipper · Tree Climber · Tree Coordinator · Tree Deadener · Tree Killer · Tree Sapper · Tree Scout · Tree Tapping Laborer · Tree Trimmer · Tree Wrapper · Turpentiner · Water Conservation Coordinator · Wetlands Conservation Laborer · Woods Laborer