Forestry technician vs resource manager forester

Differences between forestry technician and resource manager forester 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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Resource manager forester example responsibilities.

• Manage operations and logistics, coordinating transportation of personnel, equipment, and supplies to ensure on-time arrival/departure.
• Need to set up the timber sale, mark timber, inventory stand, and determine boundaries using GIS.
• Review, consult and work with reclamation district representatives or their contractors when performing field geotechnical studies and/or geophysical measurements.
• Manage partner relations across multiple departments, including, Cisco, Microsoft, EMC, VMware, Citrix.