FORESTER 1* - 12302025-73806

Job Information

LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY OPERATIONS DIVISION, HENDERSON COUNTY

Please include a copy of your Forestry transcript or similar natural resource curriculum that includes dendrology, forest measurements, silviculture and forest management.

Qualifications

Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in forestry or similar natural resource curriculum that includes dendrology, forest measurements, silviculture, and forest management.

Necessary Special Qualifications: Applicants for this class must:

1. Possess and maintain a valid vehicle operator's license in some positions;
2. Possess and maintain a Forest Inventory Analysis Certification in some positions;
3. Pass a physical fitness test upon hire for participation in wildfire activities in some positions.

Examination Method: Education and Experience, 100%, for Preferred Service positions.

Overview

Under immediate supervision, is responsible for professional forestry work of routine difficulty; and performs related work as required.

This is the entry-level class in the professional forester series. An employee in this class learns to perform professional forestry duties in a state forest or in multiple counties. This class will be located in state forests or Forest Inventory and Analysis. This class differs from the Forester 2 in that the latter functions at the working level.

*An applicant appointed to this flexibly staffed class will be reclassified to the next higher class in the series after successful completion of a mandatory one-year training period; inadequate or marginal performance during the training period will result in automatic demotion or termination.

Responsibilities

1. Assists with addressing feedback received from landowners, general public, and other public agencies by gathering information from all parties and reports information to supervisor.
2. Assists with making recommendations regarding public use of state forests such as road access, vehicle restrictions, and permits based on impacts on forest property.
3. Walks, hikes, and works on steep, rough terrain for extended periods of time to perform timber cruising activities, boundary line inspections and timber sale preparation.
4. Learns to collect forest inventory data such as tree/site data, landowner information, invasive/exotic species, and pathogen information.
5. Assists in designing public use areas and trails (e.g. hiking, horseback riding, all-terrain vehicles, off-highway vehicles) on state property.
6. Learns to use GIS software, enters spatial data, stand attributes table, cruise data, to sell timber and create compartmental plans.
7. Learns to write and implement State Forest Compartment Plans using forest inventory data.
8. May assist in wildland fire response, prescribed fire application, and all-hazard incidents.

Competencies (KSA's)

Competencies:

1. Action Oriented
2. Interpersonal Savvy
3. Manages Conflict
4. Nimble Learning
5. Customer Focus

Knowledges:

1. Biology
2. Communications and Media
3. Geography
4. Public Safety and Security

Skills:

1. Active Learning and Listening
2. Coordination
3. Monitoring
4. Science
5. Time Management

Abilities:

1. Depth Perception
2. Far Vision
3. Near Vision
4. Number Facility
5. Reaction Time

Tools & Equipment

1. Computer and Phone
2. Vehicle
3. Forestry Tools
4. Fireline Equipment
5. GPS/Survey Equipment

TN Driver Standards

State of Tennessee positions that may involve driving responsibilities require candidates to meet the following minimum driver qualifications:

• A valid driver's license
• For the past five years, the candidate's driver record must not have record of the following violations: driving under the influence (DUI), reckless driving, license suspension for moving violations, more than 4 moving violations.

Please include your Driver's License Information under the Licenses and Certifications section of your application.

**Agencies may allow an exception based on other factors.