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City Arborirst

Location: Jacksonville, FL
Salary: 60,000-65,000

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This is professional forestry work in planning, organizing, and directing urban forestry activities as it relates to county-wide tree planting projects.  The work requires a basic understanding and application of the theories, principles, and practices of urban forestry, arboriculture, botany, and horticultural, and the use of specialized skills in recommending, developing, and administering urban forestry planting plans, policies and procedures, which is gained through degree granting schools, or an equivalent level of practical knowledge gained through experience.  Schedules, assigns, monitors, directs, reviews the work of contractors engaged in tree planting, care and removal from the time of planting until tree establishment.  Contacts require skill in understanding and influencing people and are important in disseminating technical information and advice to public officials and the general public regarding forestry-related regulations, proper forestry techniques and forestry-related projects.  The forestry work is standardized in that tasks are covered by substantially diversified procedures and specialized standards, and because of the changing priorities, or different situations, incumbents have the latitude to consider which of the many procedures or standards should be followed and in what sequence.  The work involves differing situations requiring use of judgment in search for solutions or new applications within ones’ known experiences.  Work is performed in both an office and field environment where risks and hazards are minimal, known, predictable, and controllable.  

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