| Profession |
Skills Required |
Duties Performed |
| Environmental Forester |
- Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
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- Establish short- and long-term plans for management of forest lands and forest resources.
- Contact local forest owners and gain permission to take inventory of the type, amount, and location of all standing timber on the property.
- Monitor wildlife populations and assess the impacts of forest operations on population and habitats.
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| Animal Behaviorist |
- Management of Financial Resources: Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Operation Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
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- Inform and respond to public regarding wildlife and conservation issues, such as plant identification, hunting ordinances, and nuisance wildlife.
- Check for, and ensure compliance with, environmental laws and notify law enforcement when violations are identified.
- Analyze characteristics of animals to identify and classify them.
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| Conservation Scientist |
- Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
- Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
- Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
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- Review and approve amendments to comprehensive local water plans and conservation district plans.
- Measure and assess vegetation resources for biological assessment companies, environmental impact statements, and rangeland monitoring programs.
- Perform emergency duties to protect human life, government property, and natural features of park.
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