Searching

Career Exploration

Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary

Also called: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Forestry Professor, Professor

What they do:

Teach courses in forestry and conservation science. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

On the job, you would:
  • Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
  • Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics, such as forest resource policy, forest pathology, and mapping.
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
On the job, you'll need:

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Education and Training

  • teaching and course design

Math and Science

  • arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
  • biology

Engineering and Technology

  • computers and electronics

Basic Skills

  • reading work related information
  • using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things

Problem Solving

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

Social

  • teaching people how to do something
  • understanding people's reactions

Verbal

  • communicate by speaking
  • read and understand what is written

Ideas and Logic

  • make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
  • use rules to solve problems

Math

  • choose the right type of math to solve a problem

Social

People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.

  • Achievement/Effort
  • Initiative
  • Integrity
  • Independence
  • Self Control
  • Dependability

Word processing software

  • Google Docs
  • Microsoft Word

Computer based training software

  • Learning management system LMS
  • Sakai CLE

Data base user interface and query software

  • MySQL
  • Oracle Database

Video courtesy of CareerOneStop.

Job Outlook

The job outlook for this position is Bright.

New job opportunities are very likely in the future. This career will grow rapidly in the next few years.

Median Annual Salary: $96,500

Education

Doctoral degree or post-doctoral training is usually needed.