Forestry labourers

Forestry labourers perform simple and routine tasks to cultivate and maintain natural and plantation forests, and logging, felling and sawing trees.

Skill level: Unskilled

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  • The majority of Forestry labourers earn a salary between R2 796 and R8 805 per month in 2024.
  • A monthly wage for entry-level Forestry labourers ranges from R2 796 to R4 703.
  • After gaining 5 years of work experience, their income will be between R3 544 and R6 283 per month.

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Duties and tasks

  • Digging holes for tree planting
  • Stacking and loading logs and timber
  • Clearing undergrowth in forest stands and thinning young plantations
  • Maintaining look-out for fires in forests
  • Removing major branches and tree tops, trimming branches and sawing trunks into logs
  • Operating and maintaining manual and hand-held machine saws to fell trees and cut felled trees and branches into logs
  • Collecting seeds and planting seedlings
  • Performing minor repairs and maintenance of forest roads, buildings, facilities and equipment

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