| Profession |
Skills Required |
Duties Performed |
| Environmental Conservation Technician |
- Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
- Management of Financial Resources: Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
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- Train and lead forest and conservation workers in seasonal activities, such as planting tree seedlings, putting out forest fires and maintaining recreational facilities.
- Monitor activities of logging companies and contractors.
- Select and mark trees for thinning or logging, drawing detailed plans that include access roads.
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| Conservation Scientist |
- Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Equipment Maintenance: Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
- Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
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- Develop and maintain working relationships with local government staff and board members.
- Provide visitor services by explaining regulations; answering visitor requests, needs and complaints; and providing information about the park and surrounding areas.
- Compute design specifications for implementation of conservation practices, using survey and field information technical guides, engineering manuals, and calculators.
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| Environmental Forester |
- Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
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- Contact local forest owners and gain permission to take inventory of the type, amount, and location of all standing timber on the property.
- Plan cutting programs and manage timber sales from harvested areas, assisting companies to achieve production goals.
- Choose and prepare sites for new trees, using controlled burning, bulldozers, or herbicides to clear weeds, brush, and logging debris.
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