College of Forestry

Position Duties:

• Collect and analyze biological data about relationships among and between organisms and their environment.
• Supervise biological technicians and technologists and other scientists.
• Program and use computers to store, process, and analyze data.
• Prepare technical and research reports, such as environmental impact reports, and communicate the results to individuals in industry, government, or the general public.
• Develop and maintain liaisons and effective working relations with groups and individuals, agencies, and the public to encourage cooperative management strategies or to develop information and interpret findings.

Skills:

• Science
• Critical Thinking
• Reading Comprehension
• Active Listening
• Complex Problem Solving

Position Duties:

• Verify the accuracy of survey data including measurements and calculations conducted at survey sites.
• Search legal records, survey records, and land titles to obtain information about property boundaries in areas to be surveyed.
• Calculate heights, depths, relative positions, property lines, and other characteristics of terrain.
• Prepare and maintain sketches, maps, reports, and legal descriptions of surveys to describe, certify, and assume liability for work performed.
• Direct or conduct surveys to establish legal boundaries for properties, based on legal deeds and titles.

Skills:

• Reading Comprehension
• Mathematics
• Critical Thinking
• Speaking
• Writing

Position Duties:

• Implement soil or water management techniques, such as nutrient management, erosion control, buffers, or filter strips, in accordance with conservation plans.
• Monitor projects during or after construction to ensure projects conform to design specifications.
• Visit areas affected by erosion problems to identify causes or determine solutions.
• Advise land users, such as farmers or ranchers, on plans, problems, or alternative conservation solutions. 
• Develop or maintain working relationships with local government staff or board members.

Skills:

• Active Listening 
• Reading Comprehension
• Complex Problem Solving 
• Critical Thinking 
• Speaking

Position Duties:

• Write technical documents or academic articles to communicate study results or economic forecasts.
• Conduct research on economic and environmental topics, such as alternative fuel use, public and private land use, soil conservation, air and water pollution control, and endangered species protection.
• Assess the costs and benefits of various activities, policies, or regulations that affect the environment or natural resource stocks.
• Collect and analyze data to compare the environmental implications of economic policy or practice alternatives.
• Prepare and deliver presentations to communicate economic and environmental study results, to present policy recommendations, or to raise awareness of environmental consequences.

Skills:

• Reading Comprehension
• Writing
• Critical Thinking
• Active Listening
• Judgment and Decision Making

Position Duties:

• Examine permits, licenses, applications, and records to ensure compliance with licensing requirements.
• Prepare written, oral, tabular, and graphic reports summarizing requirements and regulations, including enforcement and chain of custody documentation.
• Determine the nature of code violations and actions to be taken, and issue written notices of violation
• participate in enforcement hearings as necessary.
• Prepare, organize, and maintain inspection records.

Skills:

• Active Listening
• Critical Thinking
• Reading Comprehension
• Speaking
• Active Learning

Position Duties:

• Collect and analyze data to determine environmental conditions and restoration needs.
• Develop and communicate recommendations for landowners to maintain or restore environmental conditions.
• Plan environmental restoration projects, using biological databases, environmental strategies, and planning software.
• Communicate findings of environmental studies or proposals for environmental remediation to other restoration professionals.
• Conduct site assessments to certify a habitat or to ascertain environmental damage or restoration needs.

Skills:

• Active Listening
• Critical Thinking
• Reading Comprehension
• Writing
• Complex Problem Solving

Position Duties:

• Collect samples of gases, soils, water, industrial wastewater, or asbestos products to conduct tests on pollutant levels or identify sources of pollution.
• Record test data and prepare reports, summaries, or charts that interpret test results.
• Develop or implement programs for monitoring of environmental pollution or radiation.
• Discuss test results and analyses with customers.
• Set up equipment or stations to monitor and collect pollutants from sites, such as smoke stacks, manufacturing plants, or mechanical equipment.

Skills:

• Reading Comprehension
• Active Listening
• Critical Thinking
• Speaking
• Writing

Position Duties:

• Inspect buildings to locate hazardous conditions and fire code violations, such as accumulations of combustible material, electrical wiring problems, and inadequate or non-functional fire exits.
• Present and explain fire code requirements and fire prevention information to architects, contractors, attorneys, engineers, developers, fire service personnel, and the general public.
• Identify corrective actions necessary to bring properties into compliance with applicable fire codes, laws, regulations, and standards, and explain these measures to property owners or their representatives.
• Attend training classes to maintain current knowledge of fire prevention, safety, and firefighting procedures.
• Conduct fire code compliance follow-ups to ensure that corrective actions have been taken in cases where violations were found.

Skills:

• Quality Control Analysis
• Active Listening
• Critical Thinking
• Judgment and Decision Making
• Speaking

Position Duties:

• Rescue victims from burning buildings and accident sites.
• Search burning buildings to locate fire victims.
• Administer first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation to injured persons. 
• Dress with equipment such as fire-resistant clothing and breathing apparatus.
• Drive and operate fire fighting vehicles and equipment.

Skills:

• Active Listening 
• Coordination 
• Critical Thinking 
• Operation Monitoring
• Monitoring

Position Duties:

• Collaborate with other firefighters as a member of a firefighting crew.
• Extinguish flames and embers to suppress fires, using shovels or engine- or hand-driven water or chemical pumps.
• Test and maintain tools, equipment, jump gear, and parachutes to ensure readiness for fire suppression activities.
• Maintain contact with fire dispatchers at all times to notify them of the need for additional firefighters and supplies, or to detail any difficulties encountered.
• Rescue fire victims, and administer emergency medical aid.

Skills:

• Active Listening
• Speaking
• Coordination
• Monitoring
• Operation Monitoring

Position Duties:

• Monitor contract compliance and results of forestry activities to assure adherence to government regulations.
• Plan and supervise forestry projects, such as determining the type, number and placement of trees to be planted, managing tree nurseries, thinning forest and monitoring growth of new seedlings.
• Establish short- and long-term plans for management of forest lands and forest resources.
• Determine methods of cutting and removing timber with minimum waste and environmental damage.
• Supervise activities of other forestry workers.

Skills:

• Monitoring
• Reading Comprehension
• Speaking
• Critical Thinking
• Judgment and Decision Making

Position Duties:

• Keep records of the amount and condition of logs taken to mills.
• Manage forest protection activities, including fire control, fire crew training, and coordination of fire detection and public education programs.
• Train and lead forest and conservation workers in seasonal activities, such as planting tree seedlings, putting out forest fires, and maintaining recreational facilities.
• Survey, measure, and map access roads and forest areas such as burns, cut-over areas, experimental plots, and timber sales sections.
• Select and mark trees for thinning or logging, drawing detailed plans that include access roads.

Skills:

• Critical Thinking
• Active Listening
• Reading Comprehension
• Judgment and Decision Making
• Speaking

Position Duties:

• Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in books, professional journals, or electronic media.
• Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
• Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.
• Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.

Skills:

• Speaking
• Active Listening
• Instructing
• Reading Comprehension
• Writing

Position Duties:

• Examine microscopic samples to identify diseases or other abnormalities.
• Diagnose diseases or study medical conditions using techniques such as gross pathology, histology, cytology, cytopathology, clinical chemistry, immunology, flow cytometry, and molecular biology.
• Write pathology reports summarizing analyses, results, and conclusions.
• Identify the etiology, pathogenesis, morphological change, and clinical significance of diseases.
• Analyze and interpret results from tests such as microbial or parasite tests, urine analyses, hormonal assays, fine needle aspirations (FNAs), and polymerase chain reactions (PCRs).

Skills:

• Active Listening
• Critical Thinking
• Reading Comprehension
• Speaking
• Writing

Position Duties:

• Identify and build relationships with potential donors.
• Write and send letters of thanks to donors.
• Secure commitments of participation or donation from individuals or corporate donors.
• Develop fundraising activity plans that maximize participation or contributions and minimize costs.
• Develop strategies to encourage new or increased contributions.

Skills:

• Speaking
• Writing
• Active Listening
• Persuasion
• Critical Thinking

Position Duties:

• Confer with clients, engineering personnel, or architects on landscape projects.
• Prepare site plans, specifications, or cost estimates for land development.
• Analyze data on conditions such as site location, drainage, or structure location for environmental reports or landscaping plans.
• Develop marketing materials, proposals, or presentation to generate new work opportunities.
• Inspect landscape work to ensure compliance with specifications, evaluate quality of materials or work, or advise clients or construction personnel.

Skills:

• Active Listening
• Reading Comprehension
• Coordination
• Speaking
• Complex Problem Solving

Position Duties:

• Monitor workers to ensure that safety regulations are followed, warning or disciplining those who violate safety regulations.
• Monitor logging operations to identify and solve problems, improve work methods, and ensure compliance with safety, company, and government regulations.
• Change logging operations or methods to eliminate unsafe conditions.
• Train workers in tree felling or bucking, operation of tractors or loading machines, yarding or loading techniques, or safety regulations.
• Assign to workers duties such as trees to be cut, cutting sequences and specifications, or loading of trucks, railcars, or rafts.

Skills:

• Monitoring
• Active Listening
• Speaking
• Time Management
• Coordination

Position Duties:

• Inspect equipment for safety prior to use, and perform necessary basic maintenance tasks.
• Drive straight or articulated tractors equipped with accessories such as bulldozer blades, grapples, logging arches, cable winches, and crane booms, to skid, load, unload, or stack logs, pull stumps, or clear brush.
• Drive crawler or wheeled tractors to drag or transport logs from felling sites to log landing areas for processing and loading.
• Drive tractors for the purpose of building or repairing logging and skid roads.
• Grade logs according to characteristics such as knot size and straightness, and according to established industry or company standards.

Skills:

• Operation and Control
• Operation Monitoring
• Quality Control Analysis
• Equipment Maintenance
• Complex Problem Solving

Position Duties:

• Insert shims, adjust tension on nuts and bolts, or position parts, using hand tools and measuring instruments, to set specified clearances between moving and stationary parts.
• Align machines and equipment, using hoists, jacks, hand tools, squares, rules, micrometers, and plumb bobs.
• Assemble and install equipment, using hand tools and power tools.
• Lay out mounting holes, using measuring instruments, and drill holes with power drill.
• Signal crane operator to lower basic assembly units to bedplate, and align unit to centerline.

Skills:

• Installation
• Equipment Maintenance
• Operation Monitoring
• Critical Thinking
• Repairing

Position Duties:

• Use traditional or digital cameras, along with a variety of equipment such as tripods, filters, and flash attachments.
• Determine desired images and picture composition, selecting and adjusting subjects, equipment, and lighting to achieve desired effects.
• Adjust apertures, shutter speeds, and camera focus based on a combination of factors such as lighting, field depth, subject motion, film type, and film speed.
• Create artificial light, using flashes and reflectors.
• Manipulate and enhance scanned or digital images to create desired effects, using computers and specialized software.

Skills:

• Active Listening
• Speaking
• Service Orientation
• Social Perceptiveness
• Active Learning

Position Duties:

• Respond to requests for information from the media or designate an appropriate spokesperson or information source.
• Write press releases or other media communications to promote clients.
• Establish or maintain cooperative relationships with representatives of community, consumer, employee, or public interest groups.
• Plan or direct development or communication of programs to maintain favorable public or stockholder perceptions of an organization's accomplishments, agenda, or environmental responsibility.
• Study the objectives, promotional policies, or needs of organizations to develop public relations strategies that will influence public opinion or promote ideas, products, or services.

Skills:

• Active Listening
• Speaking
• Coordination
• Social Perceptiveness
• Time Management

Position Duties:

• Implement soil or water management techniques, such as nutrient management, erosion control, buffers, or filter strips, in accordance with conservation plans.
• Monitor projects during or after construction to ensure projects conform to design specifications.
• Visit areas affected by erosion problems to identify causes or determine solutions.
• Advise land users, such as farmers or ranchers, on plans, problems, or alternative conservation solutions.
• Develop or maintain working relationships with local government staff or board members.

Skills:

• Active Listening
• Reading Comprehension
• Complex Problem Solving
• Critical Thinking
• Speaking

Position Duties:

• Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees.
• Operate boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, power saws, trucks, sprayers, and other equipment and tools.
• Climb trees, using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to gain access to work areas.
• Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.
• Cut away dead and excess branches from trees, or clear branches around power lines, using climbing equipment or buckets of extended truck booms, or chainsaws, hooks, handsaws, shears, and clippers.

Skills:

• Operation and Control
• Operation Monitoring
• Active Listening
• Coordination
• Critical Thinking

Position Duties:

• Perform hydrologic, hydraulic, or water quality modeling.
• Conduct, or oversee the conduct of, investigations on matters such as water storage, wastewater discharge, pollutants, permits, or other compliance and regulatory issues.
• Develop plans to protect watershed health or rehabilitate watersheds.
• Develop strategies for watershed operations to meet water supply and conservation goals or to ensure regulatory compliance with clean water laws or regulations.
• Identify and characterize specific causes or sources of water pollution.

Skills:

• Reading Comprehension
• Active Listening
• Complex Problem Solving
• Systems Analysis
• Critical Thinking

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