Forest

During the 1980s, rural monitoring or rural agent bodies were gradually created in the different autonomous communities. With various approaches according to the autonomous community, these bodies have powers related to the protection and correct management of the practices they carry out in the environment. They carry out the functions of police and guard of forest, cynegetic and piscicultural assets, drovers' roads and protected areas. Certain competitive examinations must be passed to access these positions. On the other hand, there is a series of NGOs that carry out similar environmental protection tasks, which work for other NGOs, private associations, private estates, hunting reserves, etc. The primary differences with the monitoring bodies of the different administrations are that they do not have punitive powers and they have not obtained the position by passing competitive examinations.

• Carry out tasks related to general surveillance of the natural environment via periodic routes through an assigned area.
• Participate in the recovery of protected species through activities including monitoring, censuses and the rescue of wounded specimens.
• Monitor and manage the uses of forestland and supervise the felling of trees as well as the state of the forest after the felling.
• Oversee and verify the fulfilment of the cynegetic and piscicultural regulations, collect data on the abundance of or problems related to species of cynegetic interest, advise and carry out support tasks for the creation or segregation of fishing reserves and prohibited fishing areas.
• Control access to recreational areas and motorised traffic in especially protected areas.
• Participate in tasks of fire prevention, firstly, and fire fighting, secondly; verify the safety conditions of risky areas and infrastructures, as well as of authorised fires, and coordinate the land resources until the arrival of professional fire-fighting teams.
• File administrative complaints for violations of the regulations or criminal complaints, in the event of an ecological offence.
• As regards the official corps of Rural Agents, carry out land markings and woodland measurements, signage for places allocated to hunting, reserves, prohibited areas, etc.
• Participate in the restocking of animals, including fish.
• Coordinate volunteer teams.

Regulated training and graduates

• Professional Training Course(s) in the field of Agricultural Activities - Intermediate Level: Use and environmental conservation
• Certificat de Professionalitat de la Família professional de Seguretat i Medi ambient: Control i protecció del medi natural (Nivell 3)
• Certificat de Professionalitat de la Família professional de Seguretat i Medi ambient: Operacions de vigilància i extinció d'incendis forestals i suport a contingències en el medi natural i rural (Nivell 2)
• Certificat de Professionalitat de la Família professional de Seguretat i Medi ambient: Coordinació d'operacions en incendis forestals i suport a contingències en el medi natural i rural (Nivell 3)

Other specific skills

Analytical thought: Level 1

Initiative: Level 2

Learning and use of knowledge: Level 1

Concern for order and quality: Level 2

Orientation within reach: Level 1

Team work and cooperation: Level 2

Legal

People who are interested in the legal field like occupations related to legislation and the law. This field of interest includes advising people and institutions in legal matters, representing them in judicial processes and managing the documentation and procedures necessary for these processes. Carrying out these activities entails the study and knowledge of legal regulations and matters in their various scopes of application.

Environment

People who work in this field focus their professional interests on the preservation, improvement or restoration of the environment (vegetation, fauna, flora) in both built-up areas and natural spaces. Some of the activities that represent this field are the detection, analysis and control of pollutants, the carrying out of measurements and tests in relation to climatic or environmental variables and the reduction of the harmful effects of human activity on the environment. The carrying out of these activities requires knowledge of the environment, for its planning and use, and of environmental regulations.

Safety

Those who prefer to work in the field of security enjoy carrying out duties of protection, security and surveillance of individuals, goods, data or information. Activities such as protecting people who work with an entity and their staff in order to prevent offences and crimes, as well participating in processes that investigate criminal activity are examples of the professional tasks that comprise this field. Knowing the laws that are applicable in the field or professional context within which this task takes place is key when carrying out these kinds of activities.

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• Work hours

  Special working hours. Normally they work from 9 am. to 6 pm., but they have to do on-call shifts at weekends.

• Salary

  Salaries range from 16,000 to 16,500 euros per annum net (for civil servants).

• Professional category

  Specialist staff