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Skilled Trades
Forest and Conservation Workers
Under supervision, perform manual labor necessary to develop, maintain, or protect areas such as forests, forested areas, woodlands, wetlands, and rangelands through such activities as raising and transporting seedlings; combating insects, pests, and diseases harmful to plant life; and building structures to control water, erosion, and leaching of soil.
- Sector: Skilled Trades
- Preparation: Zone 2 — some preparation needed
- O*NET code: 45-4011.00
What you'll actually do
The activities O*NET rates highest for this occupation, most important first. Numbers are out of 100.
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Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
central to the job — rated 87/100 for importance.
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Performing General Physical Activities
a major part of the work — rated 80/100 for importance.
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Getting Information
a major part of the work — rated 74/100 for importance.
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Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
a major part of the work — rated 74/100 for importance.
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Making Decisions and Solving Problems
a regular part of the work — rated 70/100 for importance.
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Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
a regular part of the work — rated 69/100 for importance.
Under supervision, perform manual labor necessary to develop, maintain, or protect areas such as forests, forested areas, woodlands, wetlands, and rangelands through such activities as raising and transporting seedlings; combating insects, pests, and diseases harmful to plant life; and building structures to control water, erosion, and leaching of soil. Includes forester aides, seedling pullers, tree planters, and gatherers of nontimber forestry products such as pine straw.
What it takes
Two numbers per line: the level the work expects, and how important it is to doing the job well. Both are O*NET ratings, already on a 0–100 scale.
Skills
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Critical Thinking
Needed at a basic working level (43/100), and rated 53/100 for importance.
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Monitoring
Needed at a basic working level (41/100), and rated 53/100 for importance.
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Coordination
Needed at a solid working level (46/100), and rated 50/100 for importance.
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Speaking
Needed at a basic working level (43/100), and rated 50/100 for importance.
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Active Listening
Needed at a basic working level (41/100), and rated 50/100 for importance.
Knowledge
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Public Safety and Security
Needed at a solid working level (51/100), and rated 62/100 for importance.
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English Language
Needed at a solid working level (54/100), and rated 62/100 for importance.
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Customer and Personal Service
Needed at a solid working level (58/100), and rated 55/100 for importance.
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Administration and Management
Needed at a basic working level (40/100), and rated 55/100 for importance.
Abilities
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Oral Comprehension
Needed at a solid working level (50/100), and rated 63/100 for importance.
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Problem Sensitivity
Needed at a solid working level (46/100), and rated 63/100 for importance.
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Static Strength
Needed at a solid working level (55/100), and rated 56/100 for importance.
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Oral Expression
Needed at a solid working level (48/100), and rated 56/100 for importance.
How people get in
O*NET places this occupation in Zone 2 — some preparation needed. That is a statement about what employers typically require, not a rule about you.
Education
A high-school diploma is the usual starting point.
Experience
Some prior work experience helps but is rarely required.
Training
Expect a few months to a year of on-the-job training.
How the work tends to run
Each line below is read off a single O*NET activity rating for this occupation — named, so you can disagree with it.
- The work is physical — you are on your feet and handling things, not sitting still.From “Performing General Physical Activities”
- You run equipment, and running it well is a skill in itself.From “Controlling Machines and Processes”
How FlightWay scores your fit against this
No black box. Here is the whole method, factor by factor.
- 1. You answer a short quiz
- Your answers build a profile across the same 161 O*NET dimensions this page is describing — skills, knowledge, abilities and work activities. Same axes, so the comparison is like-for-like.
- 2. We correlate the two profiles
- Fit is a mean-centered cosine — a correlation between the SHAPE of your profile and the shape of Forest and Conservation Workers. Centering matters: raw similarity between any two occupations sits at 0.70–0.85 because all work shares a common profile, so without it every career would look like a match.
- 3. The number you see is personality fit only
- "Would I want this work" and "am I ready for this work" are different questions, and averaging them answers neither. So readiness — what your résumé, coursework and projects prove — is scored separately and shown next to fit, never blended into it.
- 4. Every factor is visible
- You can open any match and see which dimensions pushed it up and which pulled it down. If you disagree with the number, you can see exactly where it came from.
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See your fit for Forest and Conservation Workers
Ten questions, about 90 seconds. You get your match against Forest and Conservation Workers and 782+ other real careers — with the reasoning shown.
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