What You'll Do

  • Check equipment to ensure that it is operating properly.
  • Confer with other workers to discuss issues, such as safety, cutting heights, or work needs.
  • Fight forest fires or perform prescribed burning tasks under the direction of fire suppression officers or forestry technicians.
  • Perform fire protection or suppression duties, such as constructing fire breaks or disposing of brush.
  • Select or cut trees according to markings or sizes, types, or grades.
  • Identify diseased or undesirable trees and remove them, using power saws or hand saws.
  • Spray or inject vegetation with insecticides to kill insects or to protect against disease or with herbicides to reduce competing vegetation.
  • Thin or space trees, using power thinning saws.
  • Maintain tallies of trees examined and counted during tree marking or measuring efforts.
  • Erect signs or fences, using posthole diggers, shovels, or other hand tools.

Essential Skills

Critical Thinking 3.12/5
Monitoring 3.12/5
Reading Comprehension 3.0/5
Active Listening 3.0/5
Speaking 3.0/5
Active Learning 3.0/5
Coordination 3.0/5
Judgment and Decision Making 3.0/5
Complex Problem Solving 2.88/5
Time Management 2.88/5
Social Perceptiveness 2.75/5
Operations Monitoring 2.75/5

Career Fit Overview

Use this summary to understand the kind of profile this role rewards. It helps you judge whether this career looks like a stronger match than your current role, a nearby move worth exploring, or a broader path to compare more seriously.

Top passions

  • Maker: Building and fixing energizes you. You like tangible results and practical tools.
  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.
  • Analyst: Investigating problems and finding patterns keeps you engaged.

Common styles

Dependability, Perseverance, Cooperation, Stress Tolerance, Integrity

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Oral Comprehension 3.5/5
Problem Sensitivity 3.5/5
Oral Expression 3.25/5
Static Strength 3.25/5
Deductive Reasoning 3.12/5
Flexibility of Closure 3.12/5
Multilimb Coordination 3.12/5
Dynamic Strength 3.12/5

Technologies & Tools

Database software ESRI ArcGIS software Geographic information system GIS software Geographic information system GIS systems IBM Lotus 1-2-3 IBM Lotus Notes Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE Microsoft Access Microsoft Excel Microsoft Office software Microsoft Outlook Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Project Microsoft Windows Microsoft Word Word processing software

Work Environment & Strengths

Common Strengths for This Career

  • Dependability (High importance: 4.61/5)
  • Perseverance (High importance: 4.31/5)
  • Cooperation (High importance: 4.09/5)
  • Stress Tolerance (High importance: 4.07/5)
  • Integrity (High importance: 4.01/5)

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How to Become One

Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful but is usually not required. Training is often provided on the job.

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Also Known As

This career is known by many different job titles across industries. Here are all the variations:

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Career Fit FAQs

Is this career a good fit for me

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Can this help if I want to stay in my field

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