Sign-In | Cart The Career Test Store

"Range Manager"
Job Description - Part 1 - Duties and Tasks

Basic Job Description:

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

Part 1
Duties / Tasks
Part 2
Activities
Part 3
Skills
Part 4
Abilities
Part 5
Knowledge

 

Job Duties and Tasks for: "Range Manager"

1) Develop technical standards and specifications used to manage, protect and improve the natural resources of range lands and related grazing lands.

2) Develop methods for protecting range from fire and rodent damage and for controlling poisonous plants.

 

3) Maintain soil stability and vegetation for non-grazing uses, such as wildlife habitats and outdoor recreation.

4) Manage forage resources through fire, herbicide use, or revegetation to maintain a sustainable yield from the land.

5) Regulate grazing, and help ranchers plan and organize grazing systems in order to manage, improve and protect rangelands and maximize their use.


 

6) Plan and direct construction and maintenance of range improvements such as fencing, corrals, stock-watering reservoirs and soil-erosion control structures.

7) Study forage plants and their growth requirements to determine varieties best suited to particular range.

8) Study rangeland management practices and research range problems to provide sustained production of forage, livestock, and wildlife.

9) Study grazing patterns to determine number and kind of livestock that can be most profitably grazed and to determine the best grazing seasons.

10) Develop new and improved instruments and techniques for activities such as range reseeding.

11) Measure and assess vegetation resources for biological assessment companies, environmental impact statements, and rangeland monitoring programs.

Is being a "Range Manager" your very best career choice?

Our Career Interest Test will show you which careers match your interests.

Our Free Personality Test will show you which careers match your personality and why.

 

12) Mediate agreements among rangeland users and preservationists as to appropriate land use and management.

13) Offer advice to rangeland users on water management, forage production methods, and control of brush.

14) Plan and implement revegetation of disturbed sites.

 

15) Tailor conservation plans to landowners' goals, such as livestock support, wildlife, or recreation.

16) Manage private livestock operations.

Job Description for "Range Manager" continued here...

Part 1
Duties / Tasks
Part 2
Activities
Part 3
Skills
Part 4
Abilities
Part 5
Knowledge


"Range Manager"   Holland / RIASEC Career Code:  I-R-C        SOC:  19-1031.02


 

Click here for "Range Manager" Jobs

See the Future Outlook and Educational Requirements for "Range Manager"