Soil Conservation Technician
Natural Resources Conservation Services (NCRS) soil conservation technicians work directly with farmers, ranchers, and foresters. You'll advise landowners on the effectiveness of applying soil and water conservation practices, oversee their installation, and ensure they meet our quality standards. Your work is key to the success of NRCS, because most everything you do results in on-the-ground practices that directly improve, conserve, or restore our natural resources. Qualifications: Knowledge of farm or ranch operations, or work experience that makes you familiar with conservation practices such as installing and maintaining soil and water conservation measures on farms, ranches, or agricultural land. Knowledge of installing and maintaining conservation measures on public or privately owned land including parks, shoreline, refuse waste sites, dams and reservoir areas, water and sewer sites, road embankments, forests, and wildlife habitats.
This position is usually out of the Holbrook USDA location.