Forestry technician vs forest ranger technician

Differences between forestry technician and forest ranger technician duties and responsibilities

Forestry technician example responsibilities.

• Participate in manage and prescribe burns, using ignition devices and drip torches.
• Serve as a timber sale prep crew member completing field work and managing GIS data in support of land management projects.
• Record data for timber sale plots in the USDA's require format.
• Perform routine maintenance on foot trails to include spraying, mowing, and raking.
• Perform wildfire suppression and control, trail maintenance, park and recreation duties, cabin restoration, and patrol.
• Learned to use maps and GPS devices to plot suggest burn areas, rehabilitation zones, and progress on suppression.
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Forest ranger technician example responsibilities.

• Survey back-country old-growth timber, fight forest fires, manage brush, and replant forests after harvest.
• Travele throughout most of interior Alaska on known BLM trails to write environmental assessments on sustainability and degradation probabilities.
• Travele throughout most of interior Alaska on known BLM trails to write environmental assessments on sustainability and degradation probabilities.