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A resume for a Range Manager needs to show the work itself: research or study range land management practices to provide sustained production of forage, livestock, and wildlife. Day to day that means work like this: regulate grazing, such as by issuing permits and checking for compliance with standards, and help ranchers plan and organize grazing systems to manage, improve, protect, and maximize the use of rangelands; manage forage resources through fire, herbicide use, or revegetation to maintain a sustainable yield from the land. Recruiters and applicant tracking systems both read for the tasks and tools this role actually involves, so the strongest resume names them in your own experience rather than describing the job in the abstract. Below are the tasks O*NET records for this occupation, the software and tools it uses, the titles it is advertised under, and the skills worth naming if they are genuinely yours.

Also advertised as

The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

  • Natural Resource Specialist
  • Range Technician
  • Rangeland Management Specialist
  • Resource Manager
  • Conservationist
  • Land Management Supervisor
  • Natural Resource Manager
  • Range Management Specialist
  • Rangeland Technician
  • Refuge Manager
  • Forestry and Wildlife Manager
  • Natural Resource Management Specialist
  • Natural Resource Officer
  • Preservationist
  • Range Conservationist
  • Range Officer
  • Range Scientist
  • Resource Specialist

O*NET records 23 titles for this occupation in total.

What this work actually involves

Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.

  • Regulate grazing, such as by issuing permits and checking for compliance with standards, and help ranchers plan and organize grazing systems to manage, improve, protect, and maximize the use of rangelands.
  • Manage forage resources through fire, herbicide use, or revegetation to maintain a sustainable yield from the land.
  • Coordinate with federal land managers and other agencies and organizations to manage and protect rangelands.
  • Measure and assess vegetation resources for biological assessment companies, environmental impact statements, and rangeland monitoring programs.
  • Maintain soil stability and vegetation for non-grazing uses, such as wildlife habitats and outdoor recreation.
  • Study grazing patterns to determine number and kind of livestock that can be most profitably grazed and to determine the best grazing seasons.
  • Offer advice to rangeland users on water management, forage production methods, and control of brush.
  • Plan and direct construction and maintenance of range improvements, such as fencing, corrals, stock-watering reservoirs, and soil-erosion control structures.
  • Mediate agreements among rangeland users and preservationists as to appropriate land use and management.
  • Study rangeland management practices and research range problems to provide sustained production of forage, livestock, and wildlife.
  • Tailor conservation plans to landowners' goals, such as livestock support, wildlife, or recreation.
  • Develop technical standards and specifications used to manage, protect, and improve the natural resources of range lands and related grazing lands.

16 tasks are recorded in total; these are the most central.

Example bullets for this role

Built from this occupation's own tasks. The brackets stay empty on purpose: we will not invent a number for you, and a fabricated metric is the fastest way to lose an interview you had already won.

  • Regulate grazing, such as by issuing permits and checking for compliance with standards, and help ranchers plan and organize grazing systems to manage, improve, protect, and maximize the use of rangelands, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Manage forage resources through fire, herbicide use, or revegetation to maintain a sustainable yield from the land, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Coordinate with federal land managers and other agencies and organizations to manage and protect rangelands, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Measure and assess vegetation resources for biological assessment companies, environmental impact statements, and rangeland monitoring programs, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].

Software used in this role

Recorded for this occupation by O*NET. An applicant tracking system matches the exact product name, so write the tool the way the posting writes it.

  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Aquatic Plant Information Retrieval System APIRS
  • Automated Geospatial Watershed Assessment AGWA
  • BehavePlus
  • Clark Labs IDRISI Selva
  • CorridorDesigner
  • Data mining software
  • ESRI ArcGIS software
  • ESRI software
  • ESSA Technologies Path Landscape Model
  • ESSA TechnologiesTool for Exploratory Landscape Scenario Analyses TELSA
  • Facebook
  • FARSITE
  • FEAT/Firemon integrated FFI

54 software entries are recorded in total.

Tools and equipment

The physical equipment this occupation is recorded as using. Worth naming when a posting asks for it by name.

  • Compact digital cameras
  • Desktop computers
  • Double-ring infiltrometers
  • Global positioning system GPS devices
  • Gram scales
  • Hand sieves
  • Impact penetrometers
  • Laptop computers
  • Laser plumb bobs
  • Measuring tapes
  • Personal computers
  • Plant canopy analyzers

Skills an ATS reads for

Worth naming only if they are genuinely yours. Keyword overlap is one input to a resume's score, not a verdict.

  • mediate disputes
  • Aquatic Plant Information Retrieval System APIRS
  • Automated Geospatial Watershed Assessment AGWA

What this job rates as most important

O*NET rates every skill for importance to this occupation. These are the highest rated, in order.

  1. 01Active Listening
  2. 02Reading Comprehension
  3. 03Critical Thinking
  4. 04Speaking
  5. 05Complex Problem Solving
  6. 06Judgment and Decision Making
  7. 07Monitoring
  8. 08Coordination
  9. 09Active Learning
  10. 10Negotiation

Knowledge areas

The subject knowledge this occupation draws on, rated by importance.

  • Biology
  • English Language
  • Geography
  • Law and Government
  • Administration and Management
  • Administrative
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Public Safety and Security

What qualifications people in this job have

From O*NET's survey of people doing this work. This is what postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

  • 80%Bachelor's Degree
  • 10%Associate's Degree
  • 9%Master's Degree

What level this role is pitched at

O*NET places this occupation in “Considerable Preparation Needed”. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Common questions

What does a Range Manager do?
Research or study range land management practices to provide sustained production of forage, livestock, and wildlife. Day to day that includes work like regulate grazing, such as by issuing permits and checking for compliance with standards, and help ranchers plan and organize grazing systems to manage, improve, protect, and maximize the use of rangelands and Manage forage resources through fire, herbicide use, or revegetation to maintain a sustainable yield from the land.
What skills should a Range Manager put on a resume?
O*NET rates Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Speaking, and Complex Problem Solving among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.
What software should a Range Manager list?
Software recorded for this occupation includes Adobe Photoshop, Aquatic Plant Information Retrieval System APIRS, Automated Geospatial Watershed Assessment AGWA, BehavePlus, and Clark Labs IDRISI Selva. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.
What other job titles cover Range Manager work?
O*NET records 23 titles for this occupation, including Natural Resource Specialist, Range Technician, Rangeland Management Specialist, and Resource Manager. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
What qualifications does a Range Manager need?
In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 80% reported their level of education as "Bachelor's Degree". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.
Will this resume pass an ATS for a Range Manager role?
No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

Related roles

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What this page cannot tell you

  • No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer’s ATS is configured, including ours.
  • This page makes no claim about pay, demand or how many people hold this job. O*NET does not publish that here and we will not estimate it.
  • Keyword overlap is one input to a resume’s score, not a verdict on you. A resume that names skills you do not have is worse than one that names fewer.

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