Foresters plan, maintain, and preserve forests and forest resources for public and private use. They may protect wilderness areas, enhance habitats for a variety of species, facilitate public recreation, and manage fires. Many foresters help manage public areas, balancing wilderness protection and recreation in beautiful, inspiring, natural areas with timber needs.
Foresters may work closely with professionals in other fields, such as entomology, geology, hydrology, soil science, and wildlife biology. Foresters share ideas and develop plans with other agencies, as well as with citizens' action groups.
To become a professional forester requires a 4-year bachelor's degree in forestry from a college or University with an accredited forestry program. To become a forest technician requires a 2-year associate's degree from a school with an accredited technical forestry program.
It is a program that generally prepares individuals to manage and develop forest areas for economic, recreational, and ecological purposes.
Foresters are almost always working outdoors improving trails, assessing forest health and resources, or involved in a variety of other activities. Researchers and teachers may work in labs and classrooms.
The amount of human interaction can vary, depending on duties. While some foresters work primarily in backcountry areas, others who work at campgrounds, in education, or fire suppression interact with others on a daily basis.
1. Managing one's own time and the time of others.
2. Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
3. Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
4. Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
5. Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
6. Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
7. Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem solving and decision-making.
8. Using mathematics to solve problems.
9. Talking to others to convey information effectively.
10. Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
The forestry field is made up of foresters, forest technicians, forest product workers, and forestry consultants, all working together to ensure the natural environment is being preserved, even in harvesting situations. Some of the types of specific jobs you could do in this field include:
Education: Teaching others about the natural forest environment
Forest Ranger: Keeping people safe as they visit forests and reporting on forest conditions
Firefighting: Managing and controlling fires in the forest Preservation and Rehabilitation: Making sure the natural habitat is not harmed and is restored when necessary
Land Management: Overseeing the management of land owned by production companies
Policy Making: Working to create regulations and laws involving the forest environment
Forest College and Research Institute, Mettupalayam
College of Horticulture and Forestry, Pasighat
Doon Business School, Dehradun
Sir Syed College, Thaliparamba
Foresters may also work in private industry for forest consultancies, timberland management companies, forestry firms and lumber companies. They may also work for conservation organizations, or teach at colleges and universities.
" />Foresters plan, maintain, and preserve forests and forest resources for public and private use. They may protect wilderness areas, enhance habitats for a variety of species, facilitate public recreation, and manage fires. Many foresters help manage public areas, balancing wilderness protection and recreation in beautiful, inspiring, natural areas with timber needs.
Foresters may work closely with professionals in other fields, such as entomology, geology, hydrology, soil science, and wildlife biology. Foresters share ideas and develop plans with other agencies, as well as with citizens' action groups.
To become a professional forester requires a 4-year bachelor's degree in forestry from a college or University with an accredited forestry program. To become a forest technician requires a 2-year associate's degree from a school with an accredited technical forestry program.
It is a program that generally prepares individuals to manage and develop forest areas for economic, recreational, and ecological purposes.
Foresters are almost always working outdoors improving trails, assessing forest health and resources, or involved in a variety of other activities. Researchers and teachers may work in labs and classrooms.
The amount of human interaction can vary, depending on duties. While some foresters work primarily in backcountry areas, others who work at campgrounds, in education, or fire suppression interact with others on a daily basis.
1. Managing one's own time and the time of others.
2. Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
3. Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
4. Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
5. Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
6. Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
7. Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem solving and decision-making.
8. Using mathematics to solve problems.
9. Talking to others to convey information effectively.
10. Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
The forestry field is made up of foresters, forest technicians, forest product workers, and forestry consultants, all working together to ensure the natural environment is being preserved, even in harvesting situations. Some of the types of specific jobs you could do in this field include:
Education: Teaching others about the natural forest environment
Forest Ranger: Keeping people safe as they visit forests and reporting on forest conditions
Firefighting: Managing and controlling fires in the forest Preservation and Rehabilitation: Making sure the natural habitat is not harmed and is restored when necessary
Land Management: Overseeing the management of land owned by production companies
Policy Making: Working to create regulations and laws involving the forest environment
Forest College and Research Institute, Mettupalayam
College of Horticulture and Forestry, Pasighat
Doon Business School, Dehradun
Sir Syed College, Thaliparamba
Foresters may also work in private industry for forest consultancies, timberland management companies, forestry firms and lumber companies. They may also work for conservation organizations, or teach at colleges and universities.
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