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2.2 KiB

Competences — forestry technician

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/fbf3aefb-70ff-440b-8724-bac3ed5e2c93).

Essential

  • apply forest legislation (skill/competence)
  • apply prescribed herbicides (skill/competence)
  • conduct reforestation surveys (skill/competence)
  • coordinate timber sales (skill/competence)
  • de-limb trees (skill/competence)
  • ecosystem management (knowledge)
  • environmental policy (knowledge)
  • fire-fighting systems (knowledge)
  • forest ecology (knowledge)
  • habitat restoration (knowledge)
  • logging (knowledge)
  • maintain forest roads (skill/competence)
  • maintain forestry equipment (skill/competence)
  • manage forest fires (skill/competence)
  • monitor logging operations (skill/competence)
  • monitor work site (skill/competence)
  • operate forestry equipment (skill/competence)
  • perform tree thinning (skill/competence)
  • plant green plants (skill/competence)
  • provide first aid (skill/competence)
  • reforestation (knowledge)
  • supervise forestry workers (skill/competence)
  • vegetation control (skill/competence)

Optional

  • advise client on technical possibilities (skill/competence)
  • advise on timber harvest (skill/competence)
  • advise on tree issues (skill/competence)
  • advise supervisors (skill/competence)
  • lead a team in forestry services (skill/competence)
  • monitor drivers (skill/competence)
  • monitor equipment condition (skill/competence)
  • monitor forest productivity (skill/competence)
  • monitor workload (skill/competence)
  • operate GPS systems (skill/competence)
  • read maps (skill/competence)
  • report pollution incidents (skill/competence)
  • sustainable forest management (knowledge)
  • use different communication channels (skill/competence)
  • work in a forestry team (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 32 ads, as of 2026-07-12)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

  • forest management — 28 %
  • wildfire suppression — 28 %
  • data collection — 22 %