According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Check equipment to ensure that it is operating properly. | 88% |
| Fight forest fires or perform prescribed burning tasks under the direction of fire suppression officers or forestry technicians. | 87% |
| Perform fire protection or suppression duties, such as constructing fire breaks or disposing of brush. | 84% |
| Maintain tallies of trees examined and counted during tree marking or measuring efforts. | 69% |
| Confer with other workers to discuss issues, such as safety, cutting heights, or work needs. | 69% |
| Explain or enforce regulations regarding camping, vehicle use, fires, use of buildings, or sanitation. | 67% |
| Operate skidders, bulldozers, or other prime movers to pull a variety of scarification or site preparation equipment over areas to be regenerated. | 66% |
| Spray or inject vegetation with insecticides to kill insects or to protect against disease or with herbicides to reduce competing vegetation. | 66% |
| Thin or space trees, using power thinning saws. | 66% |
| Identify diseased or undesirable trees and remove them, using power saws or hand saws. | 65% |
| Select or cut trees according to markings or sizes, types, or grades. | 65% |
| Prune or shear tree tops or limbs to control growth, increase density, or improve shape. | 60% |
| Maintain campsites or recreational areas, replenishing firewood or other supplies and cleaning kitchens or restrooms. | 59% |
| Examine and grade trees according to standard charts and staple color-coded grade tags to limbs. | 59% |
| Drag cut trees from cutting areas and load trees onto trucks. | 58% |
| Erect signs or fences, using posthole diggers, shovels, or other hand tools. | 58% |
| Select tree seedlings, prepare the ground, or plant the trees in reforestation areas, using manual planting tools. | 57% |
| Provide assistance to forest survey crews by clearing site-lines, holding measuring tools, or setting stakes. | 53% |
| Sort tree seedlings, discarding substandard seedlings, according to standard charts or verbal instructions. | 43% |
