Also called: TIMO Analyst, Forest Investment Analyst
Analyzes forests as investments for pension funds: how fast trees will grow, when to harvest and what the land and carbon credits are worth.
You model a 50,000-acre pine forest in Georgia: how much wood it will grow each year, what mills will pay and whether selling carbon credits beats cutting. You fly out to walk stands with a forester, then present the deal to an investment committee in Boston.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in forestry, forest economics or finance.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Forestry, Natural Resource Economics, Finance.
Growing about average. Carbon markets are adding new interest in forests.
Medium risk for 10 years. Satellites and growth models estimate timber; walking the land and deal judgment stay human.
Classes: Biology, AP Statistics, Economics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-2051.
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