Technician, forestry
NKPD code: 31433001
Current information as of 2026-11-15
Secondary education
Third degree of professional qualification and/or completed secondary education or acquired right to take state matriculation exams
Labor Characteristics
Forestry technicians perform technical and supervisory functions in support of research and forestry management, and conservation of resources and the environment.
Main Tasks
- conducting forest inventories, field surveys and measurements using standard scientific and operational procedures;
- assisting in and performing technical functions in forest management and harvest planning using photogrammetric and cartographic techniques and computerised information systems;
- assisting in planning and supervising the construction of forest roads;
- performing, supervising and carrying out technical functions in silvicultural operations such as site preparation, planting and tending of forest stands;
- coordinating activities such as timber scaling, forest fire suppression, disease and insect control, and thinning of forest stands;
- supervising and performing technical functions in forest harvesting operations;
- ensuring compliance with regulations and policies on environmental protection, rational use of natural resources, fire safety and accident prevention;
- supervising silvicultural activities;
- providing technical assistance to forestry research programmes such as forest stand improvement, studies of stand diseases, introduction of experimental principles in forestry, and research in forest engineering;
- preparing plans for the cultivation and felling of forest stands.
- Examples of occupations in this unit group:
- Technician, forestry
- Technician, forest district
Professions in "Forestry technicians"
Source: National Statistical Institute
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