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Occupation AtlasRange Managers

O*NET · 19-1031.02

Range Managers

Research or study range land management practices to provide sustained production of forage, livestock, and wildlife.

Also called Conservationist · Forest Range Program Manager · Forestry and Wildlife Manager · Land Management Supervisor · Natural Resource Management Specialist · Natural Resource Manager · Natural Resource Officer · Natural Resource Specialist
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Natural Resources Officer · Natural Resources Specialist · Range Conservationist · Range Management Consultant · Range Management Specialist · Range Officer · Rangeland Management Specialist · Territory Manager · Wildlife Conservationist · Wildlife Manager · Wildlife Refuge Manager

Job Zone 4 — Considerable Preparation NeededHolland code RIE35 skills on file

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Job Zone

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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed

Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.

Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.

Occupational interest profile

RIERealistic · Investigative · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order

  • R Realistic5.76
  • I Investigative5.02
  • E Enterprising4.39
  • C Conventional3.68
  • S Social2.42
  • A Artistic1.47

RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.

Education and experience

The education level respondents say the job requires, and the most common answer for experience and training.

  • High School Diploma or the equivalent4%
  • Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree8%
  • Bachelor's Degree75%
  • Master's Degree8%
  • Doctoral Degree4%
Related work experience
Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (25%)
On-site or in-plant training
Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (25%)
On-the-job training
Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (29%)

Typically associated skills

All 35 O*NET skills, most important first. Importance (1–5) says how much a skill matters here; level (0–7) says how much of it the work calls for, with O*NET's example of a nearby level. Neither is a proficiency rating of a person.

  • Reading Comprehensionbasic4.04.3Level 4 looks like: Understand an email from management describing new personnel policies
  • Active Listeningbasic4.04.1Level 4 looks like: Answer inquiries regarding credit references
  • Speakingbasic4.04.0Level 4 looks like: Interview applicants to obtain personal and work history
  • Monitoringbasic3.94.4Level 4 looks like: Monitor a meeting and revise the agenda to ensure important topics are discussed
  • Complex Problem Solving3.94.1Level 4 looks like: Redesign a floor layout to take advantage of new manufacturing techniques
  • Critical Thinkingbasic3.94.0Level 4 looks like: Evaluate customer complaints and determine appropriate responses
  • Judgment and Decision Making3.84.0Level 4 looks like: Evaluate a loan application for degree of risk
  • Systems Analysis3.53.6Level 4 looks like: Determine how a new piece of equipment will affect production rates
  • Systems Evaluation3.53.5Level 4 looks like: Identify the reasons why a client might be unhappy with a product
  • Writingbasic3.43.8Level 4 looks like: Write an email to staff outlining new directives
  • Active Learningbasic3.34.0Level 4 looks like: Determine the impact of new menu changes on a restaurant's purchasing requirements
  • Coordination3.33.5Level 4 looks like: Work with others to put a new roof on a house
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  • Sciencebasic3.13.3Level 4 looks like: Conduct product tests to ensure safety standards are met
  • Social Perceptiveness3.13.1Level 4 looks like: Be aware of how a coworker's promotion will affect a work group
  • Negotiation3.03.8Level 4 looks like: Contract with a wholesaler to sell items at a given cost
  • Operations Analysis3.03.5Level 4 looks like: Suggest changes in software to make a system more user friendly
  • Service Orientation3.03.3Level 4 looks like: Make flight reservations for customers using an online booking site
  • Mathematicsbasic3.03.1Level 4 looks like: Calculate the square footage of a new home under construction
  • Persuasion3.03.1Level 4 looks like: Convince a supervisor to purchase new office equipment
  • Time Management3.03.1Level 4 looks like: Allocate the time of subordinates to projects for the coming week
  • Instructing2.93.1Level 4 looks like: Instruct a coworker in how to operate a software program
  • Learning Strategiesbasic2.92.9Level 2 looks like: Learn a different method of completing a task from a coworker
  • Management of Personnel Resources2.82.9Level 2 looks like: Encourage a coworker who is having difficulty finishing a project
  • Operations Monitoring2.52.4Level 2 looks like: Monitor completion times while running a computer program
  • Quality Control Analysis2.42.5Level 2 looks like: Inspect a draft email for errors (e.g., grammar, punctuation)
  • Operation and Control2.42.1Level 2 looks like: Navigate the settings on an office printer to print on both sides of the paper
  • Management of Material Resources1.91.5Level 2 looks like: Reserve a room for a management meeting
  • Technology Design1.91.1Level 2 looks like: Adjust exercise equipment for use by a customer
  • Management of Financial Resources1.81.0Level 2 looks like: Use available funds to buy office supplies and record the amount of the purchase
  • Troubleshooting1.60.9
  • Programming1.40.4
  • Equipment Maintenance1.3—
  • Equipment Selection1.1—
  • Repairing1.1—
  • Installation1.0—

Tasks

17 core · 1 supplemental

What people in this occupation do, as O*NET records it, core tasks first by importance (1–5).

  1. Tailor conservation plans to landowners' goals, such as livestock support, wildlife, or recreation.4.4
  2. Study grazing patterns to determine number and kind of livestock that can be most profitably grazed and to determine the best grazing seasons.4.3
  3. Maintain soil stability and vegetation for non-grazing uses, such as wildlife habitats and outdoor recreation.4.2
  4. Mediate agreements among rangeland users and preservationists as to appropriate land use and management.4.2
  5. Manage forage resources through fire, herbicide use, or revegetation to maintain a sustainable yield from the land.4.2
  6. Study rangeland management practices and research range problems to provide sustained production of forage, livestock, and wildlife.4.2
  7. Offer advice to rangeland users on water management, forage production methods, and control of brush.4.1
  8. Coordinate with federal land managers and other agencies and organizations to manage and protect rangelands.4.1
  9. Measure and assess vegetation resources for biological assessment companies, environmental impact statements, and rangeland monitoring programs.4.0
  10. Plan and implement revegetation of disturbed sites.3.9
  11. Plan and direct construction and maintenance of range improvements, such as fencing, corrals, stock-watering reservoirs, and soil-erosion control structures.3.8
  12. Manage private livestock operations.3.8
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  1. Regulate grazing, such as by issuing permits and checking for compliance with standards, and help ranchers plan and organize grazing systems to manage, improve, protect, and maximize the use of rangelands.3.7
  2. Develop technical standards and specifications used to manage, protect, and improve the natural resources of range lands and related grazing lands.3.6
  3. Study forage plants and their growth requirements to determine varieties best suited to particular range.3.6
  4. Develop new and improved instruments and techniques for activities, such as range reseeding.3.2
  5. Develop methods for protecting range from fire and rodent damage and for controlling poisonous plants.3.0
  6. Apply herbicide to eliminate harmful plants.2.9

Knowledge

Bodies of knowledge the work draws on.

  • Biology4.35.3Level 4 looks like: Investigate the effects of pollution on marine plants and animals
  • English Language3.74.4Level 4 looks like: Edit an article for a news website
  • Law and Government3.64.3Level 4 looks like: Prepare documents and title papers for the purchase of a new house
  • Geography3.55.0Level 4 looks like: Find a specific country on a world map
  • Customer and Personal Service3.34.0Level 4 looks like: Be responsible for 10 children at daycare
  • Administration and Management3.23.8Level 4 looks like: Monitor progress of a project to ensure timely completion
  • Mathematics3.14.0Level 4 looks like: Analyze data to determine areas with the highest sales
  • Computers and Electronics2.93.6Level 4 looks like: Use a computer to format a document
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  • Administrative2.83.3Level 4 looks like: Type 30 words per minute
  • Education and Training2.83.5Level 4 looks like: Lead a quality improvement seminar
  • Food Production2.63.0Level 4 looks like: Operate a commercial fishing boat
  • History and Archeology2.63.3Level 4 looks like: Teach local history to school children
  • Chemistry2.53.3Level 4 looks like: Use the proper concentration of chlorine to purify a water source
  • Communications and Media2.52.9
  • Engineering and Technology2.53.0Level 4 looks like: Design a custom office chair
  • Personnel and Human Resources2.53.2Level 4 looks like: Interview applicants for an administrative position
  • Sociology and Anthropology2.52.9
  • Economics and Accounting2.42.6
  • Physics2.32.5Level 1 looks like: Use a crowbar to pry open a box
  • Psychology2.32.7
  • Public Safety and Security2.32.5Level 1 looks like: Use a seatbelt
  • Mechanical2.12.3Level 1 looks like: Replace the filters in a furnace
  • Telecommunications2.11.5Level 1 looks like: Send an email
  • Design2.01.8Level 1 looks like: Draw a straight line 4 3/16 inches long
  • Transportation2.01.9Level 1 looks like: Ride a train to work
  • Building and Construction1.92.0Level 1 looks like: Choose the proper type of wood for adding a deck onto a house
  • Production and Processing1.81.6Level 1 looks like: Put a computer back into its packing materials
  • Sales and Marketing1.81.7Level 1 looks like: Sell cakes at a bake sale
  • Foreign Language1.71.4Level 1 looks like: Say "please" and "thank you" in a foreign language
  • Philosophy and Theology1.61.3Level 1 looks like: Watch a TV show on family values
  • Medicine and Dentistry1.50.9Level 1 looks like: Use a band-aid
  • Fine Arts1.3—
  • Therapy and Counseling1.3—

Abilities

Enduring capacities the work calls for.

  • Deductive Reasoning4.04.4Level 5 looks like: Decide what factors to consider in selecting stocks
  • Inductive Reasoning4.04.3Level 4 looks like: Determine the prime suspect based on crime scene evidence
  • Oral Comprehension4.04.0Level 4 looks like: Understand a coach's oral instructions for a sport
  • Oral Expression4.04.3Level 4 looks like: Give instructions to a lost motorist
  • Written Comprehension4.04.0Level 4 looks like: Understand an apartment lease
  • Problem Sensitivity3.94.3Level 4 looks like: Notice from a subtle difference in a client's mood that something is bothering them
  • Written Expression3.94.1Level 4 looks like: Write a job recommendation for a subordinate
  • Information Ordering3.53.5Level 2 looks like: Follow the correct steps to make change
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  • Near Vision3.53.5Level 2 looks like: Read indicators on the dashboard of a car
  • Speech Clarity3.53.3Level 4 looks like: Make stadium-wide announcements during a sporting event
  • Far Vision3.43.4Level 4 looks like: Read the slides on a presentation from across a room
  • Category Flexibility3.33.5Level 3 looks like: Classify flowers according to size, color, and smell
  • Originality3.33.5Level 4 looks like: Redesign job tasks to be interesting for employees
  • Speech Recognition3.33.1Level 4 looks like: Identify a former customer's voice over the phone
  • Flexibility of Closure3.13.1Level 4 looks like: Look for a golf ball in tall grass
  • Fluency of Ideas3.13.9Level 4 looks like: Think of as many ideas as possible for the name of a new company
  • Mathematical Reasoning3.03.0Level 4 looks like: Decide how to calculate profits to determine the amounts of yearly bonuses
  • Number Facility2.92.9Level 3 looks like: Calculate a discounted price
  • Visual Color Discrimination2.92.8
  • Perceptual Speed2.82.6Level 2 looks like: Sort mail according to ZIP codes with no time pressure
  • Selective Attention2.82.9Level 2 looks like: Answer a business call with coworkers talking nearby
  • Visualization2.82.6Level 2 looks like: Imagine how to place paper in a printer so that the letterhead comes out on top
  • Depth Perception2.52.5Level 2 looks like: Merge a car into traffic on a city street
  • Trunk Strength2.52.4Level 2 looks like: Sit up in an office chair
  • Spatial Orientation2.42.1Level 2 looks like: Use the floor plan to locate a store in a mall
  • Time Sharing2.42.1Level 2 looks like: Listen to music while entering numbers into a spreadsheet
  • Auditory Attention2.32.1Level 2 looks like: Listen to a lecture while people nearby are talking
  • Glare Sensitivity2.12.0Level 2 looks like: Drive on a familiar road on a cloudy day
  • Memorization2.12.0Level 1 looks like: Remember the number on your bus to be sure you get back on the right one
  • Multilimb Coordination2.12.0Level 2 looks like: Row a boat
  • Speed of Closure2.12.1Level 3 looks like: Recognize a song after hearing only the first few notes
  • Stamina2.11.6Level 1 looks like: Walk 1/4 mile
  • Control Precision2.01.9Level 2 looks like: Adjust a room light with a dimmer switch
  • Finger Dexterity2.01.9Level 2 looks like: Put coins in a parking meter
  • Hearing Sensitivity2.01.8Level 2 looks like: Notice a doorbell ringing
  • Manual Dexterity2.02.0Level 1 looks like: Screw a light bulb into a light socket
  • Arm-Hand Steadiness1.91.6Level 2 looks like: Light a candle
  • Dynamic Strength1.91.4Level 2 looks like: Use pruning shears to trim a bush
  • Extent Flexibility1.91.8Level 2 looks like: Reach to adjust the radio in a car
  • Reaction Time1.91.5Level 2 looks like: Start to slow down the car when a traffic light turns yellow
  • Response Orientation1.91.8Level 2 looks like: When a doorbell and phone ring at the same time, quickly select which to answer first
  • Static Strength1.91.8Level 1 looks like: Push an empty shopping cart
  • Wrist-Finger Speed1.90.9
  • Gross Body Coordination1.81.5Level 2 looks like: Get in and out of a truck
  • Peripheral Vision1.81.4Level 2 looks like: Keep in step while marching in a band
  • Rate Control1.81.1Level 1 looks like: Ride a bicycle alongside a jogger
  • Gross Body Equilibrium1.60.9
  • Sound Localization1.50.6
  • Night Vision1.40.6
  • Explosive Strength1.1—
  • Speed of Limb Movement1.1—
  • Dynamic Flexibility1.0—

Work activities

Kinds of activity the work is made of.

  • Communicating with People Outside the Organization4.55.2Level 4 looks like: Present information to potential clients about available services
  • Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates4.45.0Level 4 looks like: Report the results of a sales meeting to a supervisor
  • Getting Information4.45.1Level 4 looks like: Review a budget
  • Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships4.35.5Level 4 looks like: Maintain good working relationships with almost all coworkers and clients
  • Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings4.35.2Level 4 looks like: Test electrical circuits
  • Making Decisions and Solving Problems4.25.1Level 4 looks like: Select the location for a major retail store
  • Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge4.15.0Level 4 looks like: Keep current on changes in maintenance procedures for repairing sports cars
  • Analyzing Data or Information4.05.0Level 4 looks like: Determine the interest cost to finance a new building
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  • Documenting/Recording Information4.04.2Level 4 looks like: Document the results of a crime scene investigation
  • Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events4.04.8Level 4 looks like: Judge the suitability of food products for an event
  • Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others4.04.7Level 4 looks like: Interpret how foreign tax laws apply to U.S. exports
  • Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards3.94.8Level 4 looks like: Evaluate a complicated insurance claim for compliance with policy terms
  • Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment3.93.2Level 4 looks like: Drive an 18-wheel tractor-trailer
  • Working with Computers3.93.4Level 4 looks like: Write software for keeping track of parts in inventory
  • Performing for or Working Directly with the Public3.84.1Level 4 looks like: Sell shoes in a crowded shoe store
  • Processing Information3.85.0Level 4 looks like: Calculate the adjustments for insurance claims
  • Developing Objectives and Strategies3.74.5Level 4 looks like: Develop the plan to complete the merger of two organizations over a 3-year period
  • Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work3.74.9Level 4 looks like: Plan and adjust a personal to-do list according to changing demands
  • Providing Consultation and Advice to Others3.74.6Level 4 looks like: Recommend a new software package to increase operational efficiency
  • Performing General Physical Activities3.64.3Level 4 looks like: Paint the outside of a house
  • Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others3.64.8Level 4 looks like: Get two subordinates to agree about vacation schedules
  • Developing and Building Teams3.44.0Level 4 looks like: Lead an assembly team in an automobile plant
  • Scheduling Work and Activities3.44.2Level 4 looks like: Prepare the work schedule for salesclerks in a large retail store
  • Thinking Creatively3.44.3Level 4 looks like: Adapt popular music for a high school marching band
  • Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others3.34.2Level 4 looks like: Organize the cleanup crew after a major sporting event
  • Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information3.34.2Level 4 looks like: Estimate the time required to evacuate a city in the event of a major disaster
  • Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates3.33.7Level 4 looks like: Manage a small team of employees in a dynamic workplace
  • Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People3.34.2Level 4 looks like: Determine the value of property lost in a fire
  • Training and Teaching Others3.34.3Level 4 looks like: Teach a social sciences course to high school students
  • Performing Administrative Activities3.23.6Level 4 looks like: Complete tax forms for a small business
  • Coaching and Developing Others3.13.8Level 4 looks like: Provide on-the-job training for administrative workers
  • Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials2.83.3Level 4 looks like: Inspect equipment in a chemical processing plant
  • Monitoring and Controlling Resources2.83.5Level 4 looks like: Work as a chef responsible for ordering food for the menu
  • Handling and Moving Objects2.74.0Level 4 looks like: Arrange books in a library
  • Controlling Machines and Processes2.42.7
  • Assisting and Caring for Others2.22.5Level 1 looks like: Help a coworker complete an assignment
  • Selling or Influencing Others2.22.6
  • Staffing Organizational Units2.22.2Level 1 looks like: Work in a position that has minimal staffing requirements
  • Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment2.12.1Level 1 looks like: Make simple, external adjustments to a door hinge with ordinary hand tools
  • Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment1.91.9Level 1 looks like: Specify the lighting for a work area
  • Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment1.92.0Level 1 looks like: Use display settings to adjust a television picture

Work context

The conditions most characteristic of the work, on O*NET's 1–5 context scale.

  • E-Mail4.8
  • Telephone Conversations4.6
  • Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams4.3
  • Freedom to Make Decisions4.2
  • In an Enclosed Vehicle or Operate Enclosed Equipment4.1
  • Contact With Others4.0
  • Deal With External Customers or the Public in General4.0
  • Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals4.0
  • Outdoors, Exposed to All Weather Conditions4.0
  • Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team3.9

Technology

52 tools

Software used in this work. In demand: among the tools job postings for this occupation name most. Hot: often named in job postings across the economy.

Hot (18)

  • Adobe Photoshop
  • ESRI ArcGIS software
  • Facebook
  • Linux
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft Word
  • Oracle Java
  • Perl
  • Python
  • R
  • SAS
  • The MathWorks MATLAB
  • UNIX
Other tools (34)
  • Aquatic Plant Information Retrieval System APIRS
  • Automated Geospatial Watershed Assessment AGWA
  • BehavePlus
  • Clark Labs IDRISI Selva
  • CorridorDesigner
  • ESRI software
  • ESSA Technologies Path Landscape Model
  • ESSA TechnologiesTool for Exploratory Landscape Scenario Analyses TELSA
  • FARSITE
  • FEAT/Firemon integrated FFI
  • Fire Spread Probability FSPro
  • FlamMap
  • Fuel Characteristic Classification System FCCS
  • Geographic information system GIS systems
  • Geographic resources analysis support system GRASS
  • Global positioning system GPS software
  • GNU Image Manipulation Program GIMP
  • Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
  • Microsoft Great Plains Personal Data Keeper
  • National Resources Conservation Service Ecological Site Information System ESIS
  • National Resources Conservation Service Grazing Spatial Analysis Tool
  • National Resources Conservation Service Web Soil Survey WSS
  • Parbat
  • RSAC Riparian Mapping Tool
  • Satellite image databases
  • The Nature Conservancy Weed Information Management System WIMS
  • United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Livestock and Environment Toolbox LEAD
  • University of Arizona RangeView
  • USDA Comet
  • USDA Database for Inventory, Monitoring and Assessment (DIMA)
  • USDA NRCS Soil Data Viewer
  • USDA NRCS VegSpec
  • USDA SamplePoint
  • Viper Tools

Related occupations

O*NET's own list of the occupations most related to this one, closest first.

  1. Conservation Scientists
  2. Environmental Restoration Planners
  3. Foresters
  4. Soil and Plant Scientists
  5. Industrial Ecologists
  6. Water Resource Specialists
  7. Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
  8. Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
  9. First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
  10. Park Naturalists

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