Eric S. Cheatham
Forestry Technician
Nacogdoches, TX · (936) 555 0108 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/ericscheatham
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Six years of timber cruising and stand inventory on southern pine and mixed hardwood
FOREST_TYPES
Loblolly and shortleaf pine plantations, bottomland hardwood, mixed pine and hardwood
SPECIALTIES
Timber cruising, stand inventory, harvest layout, boundary work, landowner contact
SYSTEMS
ArcGIS Field Maps, Trimble receivers, TCruise, Microsoft Excel, Avenza Maps
CREDENTIALS
Certified Forester candidate, Society of American Foresters
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in forestry, Louisiana State University
Executive Summary
Forestry technician with six years cruising timber and marking stands on East Texas pine ground. Works for a private timber management company, running inventory plots, laying out harvest units and keeping landowners informed about what their property is actually worth.
Signature Achievements
- Cruised about eleven thousand acres a year across company and client ownerships, holding volume estimates within five percent on follow up scale.
- Laid out one hundred and forty harvest units and marked streamside management zones to state best management practice standards.
- Rebuilt the plot layout for a nine thousand acre client tract, correcting a stocking error that had understated value by a large margin.
- Trained four seasonal cruisers on plot procedure and defect deduction over three field seasons.
- Kept boundary line maintenance current on twenty two miles of property line for absentee landowners.
Professional Experience
Forestry Technician
Angelina Timber Management Company, Nacogdoches, TX 2021 to present
Field technician covering roughly sixty thousand acres of company and client timberland
- Run fixed and variable radius inventory plots and compile stand tables for management planning.
- Lay out harvest units, haul roads and streamside management zones ahead of sale.
- Meet landowners on their property to walk through inventory results and harvest options.
- Inspect active logging jobs for best management practice compliance and report deviations.
Forestry Aide
Neches Bottom Land Services, Lufkin, TX 2019 to 2021
Field aide on site preparation, planting and young stand work
- Supervised planting crews on about two thousand acres a season and checked survival counts.
- Marked and painted boundary lines and maintained access roads and gates.
- Recorded herbicide application records for state reporting.
Licensure and Certification
Member, Society of American Foresters
Texas noncommercial pesticide applicator license
First aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation certified
Education
Bachelor of Science in forestry, Louisiana State University, 2019
Core Skills
Timber cruising · Stand inventory · Harvest layout · Boundary maintenance · Best management practices · Global positioning system mapping · Landowner communication · Crew supervision · Chainsaw operation · Field data collection