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Forest & Conservation Technicians
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Forest & Conservation Technicians
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Compile data pertaining to size, content, condition, and other characteristics of forest tracts, under direction of foresters; train and lead forest workers in forest propagation, fire prevention and suppression. May assist conservation scientists in managing, improving, and protecting rangelands and wildlife habitats, and help provide technical assistance regarding the conservation of soil, water, and related natural resources.
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Degrees
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Abilities
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Oral Comprehension| | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
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Oral Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
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Written Comprehension| | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
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Inductive Reasoning| | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
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Written Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
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Deductive Reasoning| | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
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Near Vision| | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
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Category Flexibility| | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
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Information Ordering| | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
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Problem Sensitivity| | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. |
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Flexibility of Closure| | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
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Far Vision| | The ability to see details at a distance. |
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Visualization| | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
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Originality| | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
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Spatial Orientation| | The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you. |
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Speech Clarity| | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
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Speech Recognition| | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
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Control Precision| | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
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Fluency of Ideas| | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
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Manual Dexterity| | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
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Multilimb Coordination| | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
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Selective Attention| | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
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Static Strength| | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
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Time Sharing| | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). |
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Arm-Hand Steadiness| | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
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Depth Perception| | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. |
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Trunk Strength| | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. |
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Dynamic Strength| | The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue. |
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Extent Flexibility| | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
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Reaction Time| | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
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Speed of Limb Movement| | The ability to quickly move the arms and legs. |
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Gross Body Coordination| | The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion. |
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Speed of Closure| | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. |
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Stamina| | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. |
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Mathematical Reasoning| | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
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Memorization| | The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. |
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Perceptual Speed| | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
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Visual Color Discrimination| | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
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Auditory Attention| | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
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Response Orientation| | The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part. |
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Finger Dexterity| | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
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Number Facility| | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
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Gross Body Equilibrium| | The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position. |
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Peripheral Vision| | The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are looking ahead. |
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Rate Control| | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. |
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Wrist-Finger Speed| | The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists. |
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Hearing Sensitivity| | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. |
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Night Vision| | The ability to see under low light conditions. |
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Glare Sensitivity| | The ability to see objects in the presence of glare or bright lighting. |
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Dynamic Flexibility| | The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
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Sound Localization| | The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated. |
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Knowledge
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Geography| | Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life. |
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Biology| | Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment. |
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Mathematics| | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
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Mechanical| | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
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English Language| | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
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Computers and Electronics| | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
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Law and Government| | Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. |
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Administration and Management| | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
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Public Safety and Security| | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
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Clerical| | Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology. |
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Customer and Personal Service| | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
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Education and Training| | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
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Personnel and Human Resources| | Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems. |
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Transportation| | Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. |
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Production and Processing| | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
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Building and Construction| | Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads. |
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Engineering and Technology| | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
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Psychology| | Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders. |
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Design| | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
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History and Archeology| | Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures. |
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Economics and Accounting| | Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data. |
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Physics| | Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes. |
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Chemistry| | Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods. |
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Communications and Media| | Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media. |
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Sociology and Anthropology| | Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins. |
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Telecommunications| | Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems. |
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Food Production| | Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques. |
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Therapy and Counseling| | Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance. |
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Sales and Marketing| | Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems. |
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Medicine and Dentistry| | Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures. |
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Philosophy and Theology| | Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture. |
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Foreign Language| | Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation. |
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Wages
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| North Carolina | $34,570.00 |
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| South Carolina | $31,700.00 |
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Skills
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Reading Comprehension| | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
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Active Learning| | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
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Critical Thinking| | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
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Active Listening| | 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. |
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Coordination| | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
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Equipment Selection| | Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. |
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Mathematics| | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
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Time Management| | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
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Writing| | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
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Instructing| | Teaching others how to do something. |
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Speaking| | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
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Management of Financial Resources| | Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures. |
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Monitoring| | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
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Operations Analysis| | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. |
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Science| | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. |
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Judgment and Decision Making| | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
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Service Orientation| | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
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Complex Problem Solving| | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
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Management of Personnel Resources| | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. |
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Social Perceptiveness| | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
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Learning Strategies| | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
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Operation and Control| | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
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Equipment Maintenance| | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
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Quality Control Analysis| | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
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Management of Material Resources| | Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work. |
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Systems Analysis| | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
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Persuasion| | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
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Operation Monitoring| | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
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Systems Evaluation| | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. |
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Installation| | Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications. |
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Repairing| | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
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Troubleshooting| | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
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Technology Design| | Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs. |
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Negotiation| | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
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Programming| | Writing computer programs for various purposes. |
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Tasks
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| Train and lead forest and conservation workers in seasonal activities, such as planting tree seedlings, putting out forest fires and maintaining recreational facilities. |
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| Monitor activities of logging companies and contractors. |
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| Select and mark trees for thinning or logging, drawing detailed plans that include access roads. |
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| Keep records of the amount and condition of logs taken to mills. |
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| Supervise forest nursery operations, timber harvesting, land use activities such as livestock grazing, and disease or insect control programs. |
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| Thin and space trees and control weeds and undergrowth, using manual tools and chemicals, or supervise workers performing these tasks. |
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| Manage forest protection activities, including fire control, fire crew training, and coordination of fire detection and public education programs. |
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| Survey, measure, and map access roads and forest areas such as burns, cut-over areas, experimental plots, and timber sales sections. |
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| Patrol park or forest areas to protect resources and prevent damage. |
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| Issue fire permits, timber permits and other forest use licenses. |
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| Provide information about, and enforce, regulations such as those concerning environmental protection, resource utilization, fire safety and accident prevention. |
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| Develop and maintain computer databases. |
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| Measure distances, clean site-lines, and record data to help survey crews. |
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| Plan and supervise construction of access routes and forest roads. |
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| Provide forestry education and general information, advice, and recommendations to woodlot owners, community organizations, and the general public. |
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| Perform reforestation, or forest renewal, including nursery and silviculture operations, site preparation, seeding and tree planting programs, cone collection, and tree improvement. |
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| Conduct laboratory or field experiments with plants, animals, insects, diseases and soils. |
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| Provide technical support to forestry research programs in areas such as tree improvement, seed orchard operations, insect and disease surveys, or experimental forestry and forest engineering research. |
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| Inspect trees and collect samples of plants, seeds, foliage, bark and roots to locate insect and disease damage. |
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| Install gauges, stream flow recorders, and soil moisture measuring instruments, and collect and record data from them to assist with watershed analysis. |
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Tools
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| Agricultural tractors |
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| Farm tractors |
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| All terrain vehicles tracked or wheeled |
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| All terrain vehicles ATV |
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| Backhoes |
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| Calipers |
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| Mantax computer tree calipers |
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| Wheeler pentaprism calipers to measure tree diameters |
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| Cargo trucks |
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| Aerial bucket trucks |
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| Clinometers |
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| Commercial fishing nets |
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| Frame nets |
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| Gill nets |
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| Seines |
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| Trawls |
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| Conventional truck cranes |
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| Cranes |
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| Decorticators |
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| Girdling tools |
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| Desktop computers |
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| Dibblers |
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| Digital camcorders or video cameras |
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| Remote video cameras |
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| Digital cameras |
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| Dredgers |
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| Aquatic weed harvesters |
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| Hydraulic dredges |
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| Dump trucks |
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| Brush trucks |
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| Earthmoving buckets or its parts or accessories |
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| Slurry buckets |
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| Earthmoving shovels |
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| Fire plows |
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| Fertilizer spreaders or distributors |
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| Spreaders |
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| Fire or rescue trucks |
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| Wildland fire pumper trucks |
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| Fire suppression hand tools |
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| Axes |
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| McLeods |
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| Pulaskis |
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| Shovels |
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| Fishing boats |
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| Electroshocking boats |
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| Forestry increment borers |
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| Increment bores |
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| Tree corers |
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| Forestry saws |
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| Pruning saws |
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| Forklifts |
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| Front end loaders |
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| Front-end loaders |
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| Geological compasses |
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| Compasses |
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| Pocket transits |
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| Geological prospecting apparatus |
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| Crown densitometers |
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| Global positioning system receivers |
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| Global positioning system GPS devices |
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| Handheld refractometers or polarimeters |
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| Refractometers |
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| Harrows |
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| Height gauges |
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| Altimeters |
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| Relaskops |
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| Hydraulic truck cranes |
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| Truck-mounted cranes |
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| Laser measuring systems |
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| Laser tree measuring devices |
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| Lasers |
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| Laser surveying equipment |
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| Lawnmowers |
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| Lawn mowers |
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| Light trucks or sport utility vehicles |
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| Pickup trucks |
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| Trucks |
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| Lighters |
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| Terrain torches |
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| Lumbering equipment |
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| Clearing hooks |
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| Grass whips |
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| Magnetometer geophysical instruments |
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| Magnetic locators |
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| Map measurers |
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| Planimeters |
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| Measuring rods |
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| Stadia rods |
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| Measuring tapes |
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| Diameter tapes |
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| Loggers' tapes |
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| Measuring wheels for distance |
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| Measuring wheels |
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| Metal detectors |
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| Moisture meters |
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| Soil moisture irrometers |
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| Tensiometers to measure soil moisture |
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| Watermark soil moisture data collectors |
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| Motorcycles |
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| Trail motorbikes |
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| Notebook computers |
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| Open stream current meters |
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| Stream flow gauges |
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| Open stream water level recorders |
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| Water level recorders |
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| Personal computers |
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| Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers |
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| Field data recorders |
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| Field personal computers PC |
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| Global positioning system GPS data collectors |
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| pH meters |
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| Pisciculture supplies |
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| Macroalgae harvesters |
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| Planters |
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| Power saws |
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| Chain saws |
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| Prisms |
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| Basal area factor BAF prisms |
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| Rainfall recorders |
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| Electronic rain gauges ERR |
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| Forestry rain gauges |
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| Rangefinders |
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| Hypsometers |
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| Laser rangefinders |
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| Recreational motorboats |
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| Airboats |
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| Boats |
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| Reforestation equipment |
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| Brush hooks |
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| Plug spades |
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| Tree planter spades |
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| Scanners |
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| Leaf area meter scanning instruments |
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| Seed drills |
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| Snowplow attachments |
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| Snow plows |
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| Soil core sampling apparatus |
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| Soil augers |
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| Soil probes |
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| Sprayers |
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| Gunjets for pressurized sprayers |
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| Surface data logging sensors |
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| Remote sensing equipment |
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| Theodolites |
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| Survey levels |
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| Survey transits |
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| Total stations |
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| Tow trucks |
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| Winch trucks |
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| Track bulldozers |
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| Track excavators |
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| Amphibious excavators |
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| Excavators |
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| Tug boats |
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| Tugboats |
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| Two way radios |
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| Two-way radios |
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| Video editors |
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| Video editing equipment |
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| Water meters |
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| Water monitoring meters |
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| Water pumps |
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| Truck-mounted water pumps |
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| Water samplers |
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| Water monitoring samplers |
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| Water sampling kits |
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| Water trucks |
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| Wedges |
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| Wheel bulldozers |
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| Bulldozers |
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| Rubber-tired bulldozers |
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| Winches |
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Technology
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| Analytical or scientific software |
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| Assisi Software Forest |
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| Fire behavior modeling software |
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| FlapX software |
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| Forest Vegetation Simulator FVS |
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| HARVEST |
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| LoggerPC software |
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| Remote sensing software |
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| Computer aided design CAD software |
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| Autodesk AutoCAD LT |
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| Data base user interface and query software |
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| Assisi Software Compiler |
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| Atterbury Consultants SuperAce |
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| Database software |
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| Forest EcoSurvey |
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| JRP Consulting Plant Wizard |
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| JRP Consulting Survey Wizard |
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| LJI Technologies Lumberjack |
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| Microsoft Access |
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| PhoenixPRO Forest Activity Tracking |
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| Desktop publishing software |
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| Graphics or photo imaging software |
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| Computer graphics software |
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| Internet browser software |
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| Web browser software |
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