Description
Plan, administer, and optimize timber inventories, harvests, and sales on public and private forestlands to meet economic and sustainability goals. Evaluate stand conditions, appraise timber value, prepare and administer timber-sale contracts, and ensure regulatory and best management practice compliance. Design silvicultural treatments, reforestation, and road/access plans to support continuous yield, habitat protection, and water and soil quality. Use GIS, growth-and-yield analysis, and field cruising to schedule operations and monitor performance.
Knowledge
Business and Management
- • Administration and Management
- • Customer and Personal Service
Engineering and Technology
- • Computers and Electronics
Mathematics and Science
- • Mathematics
- • Biology
- • Geography
Arts and Humanities
- • English Language
Law and Public Safety
- • Public Safety and Security
- • Law and Government
Abilities
Verbal Abilities
- • Oral Comprehension
- • Written Comprehension
- • Oral Expression
- • Written Expression
Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities
- • Fluency of Ideas
- • Originality
- • Problem Sensitivity
- • Deductive Reasoning
- • Inductive Reasoning
- • Information Ordering
- • Category Flexibility
Perceptual Abilities
- • Flexibility of Closure
Spatial Abilities
- • Visualization
Attentiveness
- • Selective Attention
Physical Strength Abilities
- • Trunk Strength
Visual Abilities
- • Near Vision
- • Far Vision
Auditory and Speech Abilities
- • Speech Recognition
- • Speech Clarity
Skills
Content
- • Reading Comprehension
- • Active Listening
- • Writing
- • Speaking
Process
- • Critical Thinking
- • Active Learning
- • Monitoring
Social Skills
- • Social Perceptiveness
- • Coordination
- • Persuasion
- • Negotiation
- • Instructing
- • Service Orientation
Complex Problem Solving Skills
- • Complex Problem Solving
Technical Skills
- • Operations Monitoring
Systems Skills
- • Judgment and Decision Making
- • Systems Analysis
- • Systems Evaluation
Resource Management Skills
- • Time Management
- • Management of Material Resources
- • Management of Personnel Resources
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
