Foresters
Manage public and private forested lands for economic, recreational, and conservation purposes. May inventory the type, amount, and location of standing timber, appraise the timber's worth, negotiate the purchase, and draw up contracts for procurement. May determine how to conserve wildlife habitats, creek beds, water quality, and soil stability, and how best to comply with environmental regulations. May devise plans for planting and growing new trees, monitor trees for healthy growth, and determine optimal harvesting schedules.
Also called: Area Forester, Forest Practices Field Coordinator, Forester, Silviculturist
Knowledge:
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
- biology
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
Skills:
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- reading work related information
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
- use rules to solve problems
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Attention to Detail
- Cooperation
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Independence
Technology:
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Geographic information system GIS software
Data base user interface and query software
- Data entry software
- Microsoft Access
- IBM Notes
- Microsoft Outlook
