Occupation Atlasforester
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/f04eaeff-52f5-4d52-93ad-6f846884827f
forester
Foresters are responsible for monitoring the natural and economic viability of a woodland or forest and for activities related to its management and conservation.
Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
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.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Range Managers (19-1031.02): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (20)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- agronomy
- animal welfare legislation
- conserve forests
- de-limb trees
- environmental legislation
- environmental policy
- forestry regulations
- health and safety regulations
- manage forests
- monitor forest health
- monitor forest productivity
- organise labour
- organise tree plantations
- pest control in plants
- plant disease control
- promote environmental awareness
- reforestation
- supervise forestry workers
- sustainable forest management
- write technical reports related to trees
Optional (23)
- advise on timber harvest
- animal hunting
- apply forest legislation
- business management principles
- communicate with customers
- coordinate forestry research
- coordinate timber sales
- develop natural areas works programmes
- estimate damage
- forecast timber production
- geographic information systems
- harvest timber
- interact with clients in forestry
- manage budgets
- manage production enterprise
- manage staff
- manage time in forestry
- operate GPS systems
- organise harvests
- perform project management
- report pollution incidents
- use communication techniques
- work independently in forestry services
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 20 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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agronomist
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3 shared · 9 more of its ownorganise labour, pest control in plants, agronomy
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3 shared · 11 more of its ownforestry regulations, reforestation, de-limb trees
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environmental policy officer
3 shared · 19 more of its ownenvironmental policy, promote environmental awareness, environmental legislation
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