Choose and prepare sites for new trees, using controlled burning, bulldozers, or herbicides to clear weeds, brush, and logging debris.

“Choose and prepare sites for new trees, using controlled burning, bulldozers, or herbicides to clear weeds, brush, and logging debris.” is a core task performed by Foresters. Among the occupation's 25 rated tasks, workers place it 8th by importance (#18 most important). About 71% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Perform agricultural activities. in Performing General Physical Activities

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T0.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Monitor contract compliance and results of forestry activities to assure adherence to government regulations. · importance 4.0
• Negotiate terms and conditions of agreements and contracts for forest harvesting, forest management and leasing of forest lands. · importance 3.8
• Plan and implement projects for conservation of wildlife habitats and soil and water quality. · importance 3.8
• Establish short- and long-term plans for management of forest lands and forest resources. · importance 3.7
• Procure timber from private landowners. · importance 3.7
• Plan cutting programs and manage timber sales from harvested areas, assisting companies to achieve production goals. · importance 3.7
• Determine methods of cutting and removing timber with minimum waste and environmental damage. · importance 3.7
• Subcontract with loggers or pulpwood cutters for tree removal and to aid in road layout. · importance 3.6
• Perform inspections of forests or forest nurseries. · importance 3.6
• Map forest area soils and vegetation to estimate the amount of standing timber and future value and growth. · importance 3.5
• Monitor forest-cleared lands to ensure that they are reclaimed to their most suitable end use. · importance 3.5
• Supervise activities of other forestry workers. · importance 3.4
• Develop techniques for measuring and identifying trees. · importance 3.4
• Plan and direct forest surveys and related studies and prepare reports and recommendations. · importance 3.4

See all tasks on the Foresters page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Choose and prepare sites for new trees, using controlled burning, bulldozers, or herbicides to clear weeds, brush, and logging debris.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-198}
}