FORESTRY TECHNICIAN

Summary Explore a new career with the Bureau Land Management - where our people are our most precious resource. You will serve as a FORESTRY TECHNICIAN. Pay will vary based on grade level and/or duty location for which you're selected. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate. Responsibilities Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Performs timber sale reconnaissance to assist unit design for proposed timber sale tracts Recognizes variations in timber stand conditions such as species composition, age classes, and silvicultural treatments in order to implement management prescriptions Reads physical characteristics of terrain as they relate to logging and road systems Assists professional forester(s) to conduct field work to locate, mark and survey timber harvest unit boundaries using axe, map and compass, tree marking paint, staple hammer, laser range finder, and mobile GIS/GPS technology Assists profe...