Forestry technician vs forest technician

Differences between forestry technician and forest 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 technician example responsibilities.

• Survey back-country old-growth timber, fight forest fires, manage brush, and replant forests after harvest.
• Mark timber sale unit boundaries, sensitive areas for protection using GPS, aerial and GIS maps.
• Fall trees, cut and clear brush, and dig trenches to create firelines, using axes, chainsaws or shovels.
• Used drip torches for back lighting when need.
• Used GIS to plot and map power lines for the power company.
• Utilize the most current and innovative forestry software to prepare cruise inventory reports and GIS mapping.
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