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Career Details :: Soil Conservationists
Description
Plan and develop coordinated practices for soil erosion control, soil and water conservation, and sound land use.
Experience
A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Education
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
Training
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Tasks
- Plans soil management practices, such as crop rotation, reforestation, permanent vegetation, contour plowing, or terracing, to maintain soil and conserve water.
- Develops plans for conservation, such as conservation cropping systems, woodlands management, pasture planning, and engineering systems.
- Analyzes results of investigations to determine measures needed to maintain or restore proper soil management.
- Monitors projects during and after construction to ensure projects conform to design specifications.
- Surveys property to mark locations and measurements, using surveying instruments.
- Revisits land users to view implemented land-use practices and plans.
- Discusses conservation plans, problems, and alternative solutions with land users, applying knowledge of agronomy, soil science, forestry, or agricultural sciences.
- Computes cost estimates of different conservation practices based on needs of land users, maintenance requirements, and life expectancy of practices.
- Develops or participates in environmental studies.
- Computes design specification for implementation of conservation practices, using survey and field information technical guides, engineering manuals, and calculator.
- Conducts surveys and investigations of various land uses, such as rural or urban, agriculture, construction, forestry, or mining.
Related Careers
- Biologists
- Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
- Fish and Game Wardens
- Foresters
- Landscape Architects
- Range Managers
- Soil Scientists
Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
- Analyzing Data or Information
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems
- Provide Consultation & Advice to Others
- Processing Information
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Consequence of Error
- Objective or Subjective Information
- Job-Required Social Interaction
- Provide a Service to Others
- Deal With External Customers
Related Majors
| Major | Add to XapPack |
|---|---|
| Agriculture/Natural Resources |  [ add ] |
| Biology/Forestry | [ add ] |
| Conservation | [ add ] |
| Environmental Soil Science | [ add ] |
| Environmental/Forest Biology | [ add ] |
| Environmental/Renewable Resource Economics | [ add ] |
| Forest Resource Science | [ add ] |
| Forest Resources | [ add ] |
| Forest Resources Management | [ add ] |
| Forest Science | [ add ] |
| Forestry | [ add ] |
| Forestry/Biology | [ add ] |
| Forestry/Environmental Studies | [ add ] |
| Land Irrigation Science | [ add ] |
| Natural Resources | [ add ] |
| Pre-architecture | [ add ] |
| Pre-Forestry | [ add ] |
| Soil Science | [ add ] |
| Soil/Crop/Atmospheric Sciences | [ add ] |
| Soil/Water Management | [ add ] |
| Water Resources | [ add ] |
Institutions Offering Related Majors
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