Forest and Conservation Workers

Gather, package, or deliver forest products to buyers.

Sow or harvest cover crops, such as alfalfa.

Check equipment to ensure that it is operating properly.

Spray or inject vegetation with insecticides to kill insects or to protect against disease or with herbicides to reduce competing vegetation.

Maintain tallies of trees examined and counted during tree marking or measuring efforts.

Confer with other workers to discuss issues such as safety, cutting heights, or work needs.

Identify diseased or undesirable trees and remove them, using power saws or hand saws.

Drag cut trees from cutting areas and load trees onto trucks.

Sort tree seedlings, discarding substandard seedlings, according to standard charts or verbal instructions.

Operate skidders, bulldozers, or other prime movers to pull a variety of scarification or site preparation equipment over areas to be regenerated.

Explain or enforce regulations regarding camping, vehicle use, fires, use of buildings, or sanitation.

Perform fire protection or suppression duties, such as constructing fire breaks or disposing of brush.

Examine and grade trees according to standard charts and staple color-coded grade tags to limbs.

Erect signs or fences, using posthole diggers, shovels, or other hand tools.

Fight forest fires or perform prescribed burning tasks under the direction of fire suppression officers or forestry technicians.

Provide assistance to forest survey crews by clearing site-lines, holding measuring tools, or setting stakes.

Select or cut trees according to markings or sizes, types, or grades.

Maintain campsites or recreational areas, replenishing firewood or other supplies and cleaning kitchens or restrooms.

Thin or space trees, using power thinning saws.

Select tree seedlings, prepare the ground, or plant the trees in reforestation areas, using manual planting tools.

Prune or shear tree tops or limbs to control growth, increase density, or improve shape.