Job description Forest Engineering Technician near Sept-Îles (QC) Green job Help - Green job - Help
Find out what work is like for a forest engineering technician in Canada. This work description is applicable to all Forestry technologists and technicians (NOC 22112).
Forestry technologists and technicians
Description
Forestry technologists and technicians may work independently or perform technical and supervisory functions in support of forestry research, forest management, forest harvesting, forest resource conservation and environmental protection. They are employed by the forest industry sector, provincial and federal governments, consulting firms, and other industries and institutions, or they may be self-employed.
Work week duration
Forestry technologists and technicians usually work between 35 to 40 hours per week.Job duties
Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Forestry technologists and technicians have to perform, and some of the physical demands they involve:
- Conduct, supervise and participate in forest inventory cruises, surveys and field measurements following accepted scientific and operational procedures
- Assist and perform technical functions in the preparation of forest management and harvest plans using photogrammetric and mapping techniques and computerized information systems
- Assist in planning and supervise construction of access routes and forest roads
- Implement, supervise and perform technical functions in silvicultural operations involving site preparation, planting, and tending of tree crops
- Coordinate activities such as timber scaling, forest fire suppression, disease or insect control or pre-commercial thinning of forest stands
- Supervise and perform technical functions in forest harvesting operations
- Monitor activities of logging companies and contractors and enforce regulations such as those concerning environmental protection, resource utilization, fire safety and accident prevention
- Provide forestry education, advice and recommendations to woodlot owners, community organizations and the general public
- Develop and maintain computer databases
- Supervise forest tree nursery operations
- Provide technical support to forestry research programs in areas such as tree improvement, seed orchard operations, insect and disease surveys or experimental forestry and forest engineering research.
Physical demands Help - Physical Demands
- Standing
- Bending or twisting the body
- Making repetitive motions
- Handling material manually
- Walking and running
Workplaces and employers
Here are the typical workplaces where Forestry technologists and technicians are employed and some of their main characteristics:
- Provincial government
- Federal government
- Consulting firms
- Forest industry
- Self-employed
Work environment Help - Physical Work Environment
- Outside, exposed to weather
- Indoors, environmentally controlled
- Outside, under cover
- Indoors, not environmentally controlled
- In an enclosed vehicle or equipment
- Sound and noise
- Skin injury
- Standard safety equipment
Physical proximity from others Help - Physical proximity from others
- Somewhat close (e.g. share office)
Related job titles
Here are some other related job titles that are found in the same occupational category (NOC 22112), and a list of similar occupations:
- conservation technician - forestry
- cruising technician - forestry
- enforcement officer - forestry
- extension ranger - forestry
- fire suppression officer - forestry
- forest fire technician
- forest inventory resource officer
- forest survey technician
- forest technician
- forestry technician
- forestry technologist
- resource technician - forestry
- scaler technician - logging
- scaling coordinator - logging
- silviculture technician
Sources Occupational and Skills Information System & National Occupational Classification
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