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Range Managers

Also called: Natural Resource Specialist, Range Technician, Rangeland Management Specialist, Resource Manager

What they do:

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

On the job, you would:
  • 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.
On the job, you'll need:

Math and Science

  • biology
  • geography

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Safety and Government

  • law and government
  • public safety and security

Business

  • administrative services

Basic Skills

  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • reading work related information

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

People and Technology Systems

  • thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it

Verbal

  • communicate by speaking
  • read and understand what is written

Ideas and Logic

  • notice when problems happen
  • make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information

Realistic

People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.

  • Dependability
  • Initiative
  • Integrity
  • Cooperation
  • Independence
  • Adaptability/Flexibility

Analytical or scientific software

  • SAS
  • The MathWorks MATLAB

Presentation software

  • Microsoft PowerPoint

Data base user interface and query software

  • Microsoft Access
  • National Resources Conservation Service Ecological Site Information System ESIS

Job Outlook

The job outlook for this position is Average.

New job opportunities are likely in the future.

Median Annual Salary: $64,460

Education

Bachelor's degree is usually needed.