Forestry technician vs recreation technician

Differences between forestry technician and recreation 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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Recreation technician example responsibilities.

• Manage one-on-one and group social and physical sessions with long-term nursing and short-term rehabilitation residents
• Map two-track ATV roads as a team using GPS and all terrain vehicles.
• Upload GPS information onto a mapping database via mapping programs.
• Cut and clear brush, and dig trenches to create fire-lines, using Pulaski's, combi tools or shovels.
• Collect information, review data for accuracy and documents findings; prepare maps and used GIS to prepare reports and presentations.
• Examine injured persons, and administer first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation if necessary, utilizing training and medical supplies and equipment.
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