Forestry engineer - Career description, activities, functions and salary

How much does an Forestry engineer earn

A Forestry engineer earns between $2.324 and $15.004 per month, with an average monthly salary of $6.426 and a median salary of $5.842 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 698 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Professional job categories

• Science and arts professionals
• • professionals of biological sciences, health
• • • agronomists
• • • • agriforestry and livestock engineers

Related Positions:

Main workplaces

Agriforestry and Livestock Engineers they work in agriculture, livestock and forestry, forestry, fishing and aquaculture activities, in public and private companies and in producer cooperatives. They act as employees, service providers or public servants. There is also the possibility of placement in public quality inspection bodies or product classifiers and in public rural extension companies. They work as a team, with occasional supervision, in the open, often exposed to adverse weather conditions. May remain in uncomfortable conditions for long periods, subject to exposure to toxic materials and loud noise.

What does it take to work in the field of Agriforestry and Livestock Engineers

The occupations require a complete higher education in the area for their exercise. The presence of professionals with master's, doctoral or specialization courses is frequent.

Functions and activities of Forestry engineer

Agriforestry and Livestock Engineers must:

Activities

discussing proposed solutions with stakeholders;
organize producer associations;
coordinate training;
elaborate statistical studies;
to gather technical information;
develop oral expression;
evaluate agroforestry activities;
prosecute environmental and forestry crimes;
adapt language;
manage financial resources;
guide processes of sustainable use and conservation of soil, water and environment;
analyze collected samples and laboratory analysis results ;
supervise construction and maintenance of rural infrastructure;
elaborate activity reports;
guide the commercialization of agroforestry products;
show adaptability;
prescribe agricultural prescriptions;
develop leadership;
analyze projects, contracts, agreements, proposals techniques, work programs.;
capture financial resources;
define chronological ordering and logistics of actions;
inventory physical and financial resources of the enterprise;
show receptivity;
inspect origin, transport and commercialization of products of animal and plant origin;
guide the planning, execution, control and administration of production systems;
analyzing technical, socioeconomic and environmental feasibility of proposed solutions;
intermediate agreements, contracts, partnerships;
perform expertise and audits;
supervise degraded area recovery processes;
develop negotiation skills;
guide rural property management;
organize events;
elaborate projects;
demonstrate creativity;
elaborate material for the dissemination of products, services, equipment;
organize events;
develop written expression;
demonstrate discernment;
elaborate technical standards and procedures;
adapt technology;
manage heritage resources;
cultivate flexibility in interpersonal relationships;
estimating costs;
collect technical information;
define production parameters;
embargo agroforestry activities of infringing establishments;
developing specific computer programs;
testing the performance of equipment, machines, materials ;
perform an environmental survey;
developing processes and waste treatment systems;
diagnose situations;
supervise the process in the management of natural resources ( biotic and abiotic);
supervise activities of the production system (agriculture , aquaculture, forestry, livestock);
deliver courses, seminars, lectures.;
issue reports and technical opinions;
coordinate interinstitutional programs and agreements;
coordinating interinstitutional programs and agreements;
guide the use of alternative energy sources;
perform topographic survey;
demonstrate entrepreneurial spirit;
monitor control items of the production process and /or environmental;
seize agroforestry products;
set production parameters;
inspect works in progress;
inspect product quality and health;
supervise process in natural resource management ( biotic and abiotic);
develop products, equipment and accessories;
develop logical thinking;
identify needs;
inspect extractivism activities;
elaborate inventory of available resources (natural, machinery, equipment);
coordinate the work team;
developing biotechnology;
supervise waste treatment processes;
elaborate technical-scientific articles;
carry out market studies;
perform technical visits;

Sectors that hire Forestry engineer the most in the job market

• engineering services
• manufacture of pulp and other pulp for papermaking
• support activities for forestry production
• construction of electricity distribution stations and networks
• activities of associations for the defense of social rights
• technical activities related to engineering and architecture
• associative activities
• timbering in planted forests
• eucalyptus cultivation
• other professional, scientific and technical activities