Recreation technician vs forest technician

Differences between recreation technician and forest technician duties and responsibilities

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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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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