Skills
38 skills are associated with this occupation.
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Essential knowledge
7 skills
Essential skills / competences
16 skills
Optional knowledge
1 skill
Optional skills / competences
14 skills
Overview
Forestry technicians support forest managers by putting decisions into practice, supervising forestry equipment operators and following work in forests and managed woodland.
In job descriptions, look for harvesting plans, resource conservation, environmental protection, field data collection, forestry research, crew supervision, machinery coordination and reporting to a forest manager.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Forestry technicians turn forest-management decisions into field work. The role can combine crew supervision, machine coordination, environmental checks, field data collection and follow-up on conservation and harvesting plans.
Skills and specializations
Important skills include reading forest plans, organizing equipment operators, collecting reliable field observations, understanding environmental protection and documenting what has been done in the forest.
Salary context
Pay is shaped by area size, crew responsibility, machinery coordination, field travel, reporting duties and whether the role carries responsibility for conservation or harvesting outcomes.
Career paths
Career paths can grow from forestry field work or machine operations into technician roles, then toward forest management support, planning, environmental coordination or supervision of larger operations.
Good to know
Check which forest tasks the vacancy names. A practical advert states the terrain, equipment teams, data work, harvesting plan, conservation duties and who makes final management decisions.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
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Occupation group
Forestry technicians (3143)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/fbf3aefb-70ff-440b-8724-bac3ed5e2c93 |
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| ESCO code | 3143.1 |
| ISCO group | 3143 |
| Concept type | Occupation |