Forest and Conservation Workers

People in this career often know a lot about:

• Geography - Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Public Safety and Security - Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
• Administrative - Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
• Biology - Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
• Law and Government - Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

People in this career often have talent in:

• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• Static Strength - The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.

People in this career often do these activities:

• Transport animals, crops, or equipment.
• Harvest agricultural products.
• Plant crops, trees, or other plants.
• Inspect equipment or facilities to determine condition or maintenance needs.
• Apply chemical solutions to plants to protect against disease or insects or to enhance growth.
• Record agricultural or forestry inventory data.

• Communicate with other workers to coordinate activities.
• Evaluate quality of plants or crops.
• Cut trees or logs.
• Sort forestry or agricultural materials.
• Operate forestry equipment.
• Perform forest firefighting activities.
• Advise others on farming or forestry operations, regulations, or equipment.
• Mark agricultural or forestry products for identification.
• Build agricultural structures.
• Perform manual agricultural, aquacultural, or horticultural tasks.
• Determine forestry techniques or methods.
• Clean equipment or facilities.
• Trim trees or other vegetation.

• Surveying and Mapping Technicians

• Agricultural Technicians

• Precision Agriculture Technicians

• Forest and Conservation Technicians

• First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers

• Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation

• First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers

• Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door

• Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators

• Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators