Forestry technicians assist and support the forest manager and implement their decisions. They supervise a team of forestry equipment operators and support and supervise forestry and environmental protection through research and data collection. They also manage resource conservation and harvesting plans.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Conducting forest inventories, surveys and field measurements following accepted scientific and operational procedures;
(b) Assisting in and performing technical functions in the preparation of forest management and harvest plans using photogrammetric and mapping techniques and computerized information systems;
(c) Assisting in planning and supervision of construction of access routes and forest roads;
(d) Implementing, supervising and performing technical functions in silvicultural operations involving site preparation, planting, and tending of tree crops;
(e) Coordinating activities such as timber scaling, forest fire suppression, disease or insect control or pre-commercial thinning of forest stands;
(f) Supervising and performing technical functions in forest harvesting operations;
(g) Ensuring adherence to regulations and policies concerning environmental protection, resource utilization, fire safety and accident prevention;
(h) Supervising forest tree nursery operations;
(i) Providing technical support to forestry research programmes in areas such as tree improvement, seed orchard operations, insect and disease surveys or experimental forestry and forest engineering research;
(j) Preparing forest cultivation and cutting plans.