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Opening Date/Time:07/30/2024 12:00AM Central TimeClosing Date/Time08/12/2024 11:59PM Central Time
Salary (Monthly):$3,595.00
Salary (Annually):$43,140.00
Job Type:Full-Time
City, State Location:Lexington, TNDepartmentAgriculture
LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY OPERATIONS DIVISION, HENDERSON COUNTY
Qualifications
Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree in forestry or similar natural resource curriculum that includes dendrology, forest measurements, silviculture, and forest management.
Necessary Special Qualifications: Applicants for this class must:
• Possess and maintain a valid vehicle operator’s license in some positions;
• Possess and maintain a Forest Inventory Analysis Certification in some positions;
• Pass a physical fitness test upon hire for participation in wildfire activities in some positions.
Examination Method: Education and Experience, 100%, for Preferred Service positions.
Summary
Summary: Under immediate supervision, is responsible for professional forestry work of routine difficulty; and performs related work as required.
Distinguishing Features: This is the entry-level class in the professional forester series. An employee in this class learns to perform professional forestry duties in a state forest or in multiple counties. This class will be located in state forests or Forest Inventory and Analysis. This class differs from the Forester 2 in that the latter functions at the working level.
• An applicant appointed to this flexibly staffed class will be reclassified to the next higher class in the series after successful completion of a mandatory one-year training period; inadequate or marginal performance during the training period will result in automatic demotion or termination.
Responsibilities
• Assists with addressing feedback received from landowners, general public, and other public agencies by gathering information from all parties and reports information to supervisor.
• Assists with making recommendations regarding public use of state forests such as road access, vehicle restrictions, and permits based on impacts on forest property.
• Walks, hikes, and works on steep, rough terrain for extended periods of time to perform timber cruising activities, boundary line inspections and timber sale preparation.
• Learns to collect forest inventory data such as tree/site data, landowner information, invasive/exotic species, and pathogen information.
• Learns to use mapping software to document road and inventory plot locations, boundaries, and other information. Assists in drafting specifications for construction of state forest roads.
• Assists in designing public use areas and trails (e.g. hiking, horseback riding, all-terrain vehicles, off-highway vehicles) on state property.
• Assists in delineating forest management units and conditions based on characterizing data variables such as forest type, stand size/class, density, and regeneration status.
• Assists in providing technical expertise to agency personnel and general public regarding the application of forestry practices and forestland management decisions.
• Learns to use GIS software, enters spatial data, stand attributes table, cruise data, to sell timber and create compartmental plans.
• Learns to write and implement State Forest Compartment Plans using forest inventory data.
• As the agency’s on-site representative, assists in maintaining the scheduled work of vendors/contractors.
• May assist in wildland fire response, prescribed fire application, and all-hazard incidents.
Competencies
Competencies
• Action Oriented
• Approachability
• Composure
• Learning on the Fly
• Customer Focus
• Listening
• Ethics and Values
• Perseverance
• Organizing
• Patience
Knowledge
• Biology
• Communications and Media
• Geography
• Mathematics
• Public Safety and Security
Skills
• Active Learning
• Active Listening
• Coordination
• Monitoring
• Science
• Speaking
• Time Management
Abilities
• Category Flexibility
• Depth Perception
• Far Vision
• Gross Body Coordination
• Gross Body Equilibrium
• Memorization
• Near Vision
• Number Facility
• Reaction Time
• Spatial Orientation
Tools & Equipment
• Computer
• Telephone
• Fax Machine
• Printer/Copier/Scanner
• Projector
• Calculator
• Smart Phone
• Safety Equipment/Tools
• Motor Vehicles
• Laser Measuring Device
• Forestry Tools
• Fireline Equipment
• GPS/Survey Equipment
• Data Recorders
• Pesticide Application Equipment
TN Driver Standards
State of Tennessee positions that may involve driving responsibilities require candidates to meet the following minimum driver qualifications:
• A valid driver’s license
• For the past five years, the candidate’s driver record must not have record of the following violations: driving under the influence (DUI), reckless driving, license suspension for moving violations, more than 4 moving violations.
Please include your Driver’s License Information under the Licenses and Certifications section of your application.
• Agencies may allow an exception based on other factors.
