| Profession |
Skills Required |
Duties Performed |
| Environmental Forester |
- Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
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- 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.
- Choose and prepare sites for new trees, using controlled burning, bulldozers, or herbicides to clear weeds, brush, and logging debris.
- 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.
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| Conservation Scientist |
- Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Technology Design: Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.
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- Participate on work teams to plan, develop, and implement water and land management programs and policies.
- Advise land users, such as farmers and ranchers, on conservation plans, problems and alternative solutions, and provide technical and planning assistance.
- Plan and develop audiovisual devices for public programs.
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| Animal Behaviorist |
- Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- 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.
- Management of Material Resources: Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
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- Oversee the care and distribution of zoo animals, working with curators and zoo directors to determine the best way to contain animals, maintain their habitats and manage facilities.
- Perform administrative duties such as fundraising, public relations, budgeting, and supervision of zoo staff.
- Check for, and ensure compliance with, environmental laws and notify law enforcement when violations are identified.
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