forestry technician
ISCO: 3143. Skills: 38. Essential: 23.
Essential skills
- apply forest legislation
- apply prescribed herbicides
- conduct reforestation surveys
- coordinate timber sales
- de-limb trees
- ecosystem management
- environmental policy
- fire-fighting systems
- forest ecology
- habitat restoration
- logging
- maintain forest roads
- maintain forestry equipment
- manage forest fires
- monitor logging operations
- monitor work site
- operate forestry equipment
- perform tree thinning
- plant green plants
- provide first aid
- reforestation
- supervise forestry workers
- vegetation control
Supporting skills
- advise client on technical possibilities
- advise on timber harvest
- advise on tree issues
- advise supervisors
- lead a team in forestry services
- monitor drivers
- monitor equipment condition
- monitor forest productivity
- monitor workload
- operate GPS systems
- read maps
- report pollution incidents
- sustainable forest management
- use different communication channels
- work in a forestry team