Code of Maine Rules
02 - DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION
333 - Board of Licensure of Foresters
Chapter 40 - QUALIFICATIONS FOR INTERN FORESTER LICENSE
Section 333-40-4 - Variance Candidate: Work Experience
Universal Citation: 02 ME Code Rules ยง 333-40-4
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
1. Nature and duration
The applicant shall demonstrate four years of lawful work experience during the eight years preceding the date of application in the following four subject areas that constitute the profession of forestry. Each of the four subject areas must be represented in the applicant's work history.
A.
Forest
Biology- including but not limited to tree growth, species
identification, forest ecology, wildlife and fish ecology and habitat
manipulation, tree disease and insect problems, silviculture, soils and water
relationships, and fire ecology.
B.
Forest Resources Measurement- including but not limited to basic
surveying, area determination, sample design and analysis, measurements of
trees and forest products, and photo interpretation and mapping.
C.
Forest Resource Management and
Harvesting- including but not limited to multiple-use principles, road
design and construction, harvest layout, harvesting methods, environmental
protection, marketing and utilization standards, stand analysis and
prescriptions, forest and wildlife habitat management, recreation management,
urban forestry, fire, insect and disease protection, and financial
management.
D.
Forest
Resource Policy and Administration- including but not limited to state
environmental and forest practice laws, boundary and trespass laws, contract
and sale administration, forest taxation, and forest economics.
2. Documentation
To document the four years of experience required by this chapter, the applicant shall provide:
A. Such information as required on the
application; and
B. A letter of
recommendation from the supervising forester (or similar supervisor) of each
employer the applicant wishes the Board to consider in connection with the four
years of work experience required by this chapter. The Board may accept other
forms of recommendation in situations where the applicant, in the exercise of
due diligence, is unable to procure a letter of recommendation from the
supervising forester.
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