Forest and Conservation Workers

KNOWLEDGE

• Geography
  Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.


• English Language
  Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.


• Public Safety and Security
  Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.


• Administrative
  Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.

SKILLS

• Coordination
  Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.


• Speaking
  Talking to others to convey information effectively.


• Active Listening
  Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.


• Critical Thinking
  Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.


• Judgment and Decision Making
  Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

ABILITIES

• Problem Sensitivity
  The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.


• Oral Comprehension
  The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.


• Oral Expression
  The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.


• Deductive Reasoning
  The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.


• Information Ordering
  The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

PERSONALITY

People interested in this work, will do well at jobs that need;