Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach courses in forestry and conservation science. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Most important skills
- Instructing
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing
- Learning Strategies
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Active Learning
- Critical Thinking
Key knowledge
- English Language
- Education and Training
- Mathematics
- Biology
- Computers and Electronics
- Geography
- Personnel and Human Resources
- Administrative
What the work involves
- Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in books, professional journals, or electronic media.
- Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
- 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.
- Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.
- Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
- Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.
- Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Social, Investigative, Realistic.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- Doctoral Degree (62.7% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (32.4%)
- On-the-job training
- None or short demonstration (36.1%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 5: Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | Moderate | Higher on contact with others than 58% of occupations compared | 61% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | High | Higher on dealing with the public than 74% of occupations compared | 45% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Teamwork | High | Higher on teamwork than 77% of occupations compared | 72% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | Very high | Higher on freedom to make decisions than 94% of occupations compared | 77% of surveyed respondents chose “A lot of freedom” |
| Time pressure | Moderate | Lower on time pressure than 51% of occupations compared | 60% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a week or more but not every day” |
| Conflict situations | Moderate | Lower on conflict situations than 51% of occupations compared | 45% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a month or more but not every week” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Very low | Lower on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 81% of occupations compared | 64% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Consequence of error | Low | Lower on consequence of error than 71% of occupations compared | 28% of surveyed respondents chose “Not serious at all” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: moderate
- Conflict situations: moderate
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: very low
- Consequence of error: low
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 0%
- Occasional contact with others: 0%
- Contact with others about half the time: 12.08%
- Contact with others most of the time: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Constant contact with others: 61.27%
n = 19, Incumbent 08/2020
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 0%
- Fairly important: 4.59%
- Important: 33.3%
- Very important: 17.36%
- Extremely important: 44.76%
n = 18, Incumbent 08/2020
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 0%
- Fairly important: 0.62%
- Important: 13.66%
- Very important: 13.52%
- Extremely important: 72.2%
n = 19, Incumbent 08/2020
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 0%
- Limited freedom: 0%
- Some freedom: 22.61%
- A lot of freedom: 77.39%
n = 19, Incumbent 08/2020
Time pressure
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 2.6%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 23.85%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 59.97%
- Every day: 13.58%
n = 19, Incumbent 08/2020
Conflict situations
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 36.97%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 44.83%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 17.87%
- Every day: 0.32%
n = 19, Incumbent 08/2020
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 13.25%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 63.81%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 3.35%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 19.59%
- Every day: 0%
n = 19, Incumbent 08/2020
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 27.77%
- Fairly serious: 26.59%
- Serious: 20.36%
- Very serious: 14.46%
- Extremely serious: 10.82%
n = 18, Incumbent 08/2020
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