Forestry Professionals
Job description
Professionals in this group conduct research and make plans. They manage the development of forest resources.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Climatic conditions
Main tasks
- Plan and direct programs related to
- Logging
- Reforestation
- Silviculture
- Forest fire prevention and control
- Road construction
- Wildlife management
- Environmental protection
- Insect and vegetation control
- Ensure compliance with contractual conditions and verify the results of forestry activities.
- Plan and conduct forest inventories and related studies.
- Establish short- and long-term plans for the management of forest resources and lands.
- Negotiate the terms and conditions of logging agreements and contracts.
- Ensure compliance with government regulations and company objectives.
- Develop and monitor programs for nursery operations in forested areas.
- Conduct research.
- Provide expert advice and recommendations on forestry issues.
- Draft reports and make recommendations.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience leads to senior, supervisory, and management positions.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Very good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
1,500
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 15.6% Female
- 84.4% Male
Not available.
- 15.6% Female
- 84.4% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$83,000
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 113, 115337% of jobs
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NAICS 9129% of jobs
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NAICS 5413, 54148% of jobs
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NAICS 3217% of jobs
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NAICS 5416, 54174% of jobs
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Others15% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 113, 115337% of jobs
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NAICS 9129% of jobs
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NAICS 5413, 54148% of jobs
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NAICS 3217% of jobs
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NAICS 5416, 54174% of jobs
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Others15% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
University
Agricultural and forest engineering
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
Forest engineering, forestry or wood science
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 58.3%
35.4% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 72.7%
18.2% of graduates pursue further studies
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
Also required
- Membership in the Ordre des ingénieurs forestiers du Québec (OIFQ) to practise as a Forest Engineer and carry out activities reserved for Forest Engineers.
- Successful completion of a 32-week professional training period for membership in the OIFQ.
- Training program on ethics, professional conduct, and standards of professional practice.
Sometimes required
- A Class 5 driver’s licence may be required.
- Proficiency with specialized geomatics software may be required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Reading comprehension
- Result evaluation
- Oral expression
- Critical thought
- Judgment and decision-making
- Information processing
- Coordination
- Time management
- Solving complex problems
- Active listening
- System analysis
- Systems evaluation
- Written expression
- Human resource management
- Social perception
- Negotiation
- Teaching
- Monitoring operations
- Active learning
- Operations and control
- Mathematics
- Service oriented
- Persuasion
Abilities
- Written comprehension
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Deductive reasoning
- Written expression
- Awareness of issues
- Inductive reasoning
- Classification
- Speech recognition
- Speech clarity
- Information organization
- Near vision
- Originality
- Processing flexibility
- Core strength
- Distance vision
- Selective attention
- Control accuracy
- Idea generation
Knowledge and attributes
- Knowledge of personnel and human resource management
- Sense of responsibility
- Capacity to influence and mobilize
- Capacity to work in a team
- Versatility
- Rigour
- Sense of initiative
- Commitment to quality
- Knowledge of plant and animal production
- Knowledge of geography
Interests
- Direct, organize, and manage
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Carry out research
- Develop and exploit natural resources
- Work in contact with nature and animals
- Work outdoors
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
Official name of the NOC 21111
Forestry professionals
Job titles
- Forest Engineers
- Regional forest inventory officer
- Forester
- Research forester
- Parks and recreation forester
- Regional inventory officer - forestry
- Industrial forester
- Registered professional forester (rpf)
- Urban forester
- Consulting forester
- Extension forester
- Private lands forester
- Crown lands forester
- Unit forester
- District forester
- Project forester
- Operations forester
- Appraisal forester
- Forest nursery forester
- Geographic information system (gis) forester
- Superintendent - forestry
Skill type
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations
Related occupations
- Architecture and science managers
- Economists and economic policy researchers and analysts
- Forestry technologists and technicians
- Government managers - economic analysis, policy development and program administration
- Managers in natural resources production and fishing
- Supervisors, logging and forestry
Last update: January 29, 2026
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