Range Managers

What the job really is

Research or study range land management practices to provide sustained production of forage, livestock, and wildlife.

At a glance

• Sector: Life, Physical & Social Science
• O*NET-SOC code: 19-1031
• O*NET job zone: 4 — considerable preparation
• Work sample tasks on file: 12
• Tools and technologies listed: 12

What you actually do

Work sample tasks recorded for this occupation:

• Regulate grazing, such as by issuing permits and checking for compliance with standards, and help ranchers plan and organize grazing systems to manage, improve, protect, and maximize the use of rangelands.
• Manage forage resources through fire, herbicide use, or revegetation to maintain a sustainable yield from the land.
• Coordinate with federal land managers and other agencies and organizations to manage and protect rangelands.
• Measure and assess vegetation resources for biological assessment companies, environmental impact statements, and rangeland monitoring programs.
• Maintain soil stability and vegetation for non-grazing uses, such as wildlife habitats and outdoor recreation.
• Study grazing patterns to determine number and kind of livestock that can be most profitably grazed and to determine the best grazing seasons.
• Offer advice to rangeland users on water management, forage production methods, and control of brush.
• Plan and direct construction and maintenance of range improvements, such as fencing, corrals, stock-watering reservoirs, and soil-erosion control structures.
• Mediate agreements among rangeland users and preservationists as to appropriate land use and management.
• Study rangeland management practices and research range problems to provide sustained production of forage, livestock, and wildlife.
• Tailor conservation plans to landowners' goals, such as livestock support, wildlife, or recreation.
• Develop technical standards and specifications used to manage, protect, and improve the natural resources of range lands and related grazing lands.

Tools and technology

Adobe Photoshop, ESRI ArcGIS software, Facebook, Linux, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Word, Oracle Java

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Where this job leads

Related occupations — the usual moves up and sideways:

• Conservation Scientists
• Environmental Restoration Planners
• Foresters
• Soil and Plant Scientists
• Industrial Ecologists
• Water Resource Specialists
• Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
• Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists

Getting in

O*NET assigns this occupation job zone 4 (considerable preparation). The related occupations above are the realistic routes in and out.

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