Forestry and related workers plan, organize and perform operations to cultivate, conserve and exploit natural and plantation forests.
Skill level:
Semi-skilled
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- Salary range for the majority of workers in Forestry and related workers - from R9 715 to R25 713 per month - 2025.
- A Forestry and related workers typically earns between R9 715 and R25 008 net per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between R9 105 and R22 621 per month for a working week of 45 hours.
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Duties and tasks
- Assessing sites for reforestation, selecting seedlings and planting trees using manual planting tools and establishing and caring for forest stands
- Locating trees to be felled and estimating volume of timber
- Operating chainsaw and other power saws to thin young forest stands, trim, top and fell trees and saw them into logs
- Shaping rough wooden products from logs at felling site
- Stacking logs and loading them in chutes or floating them down rivers
- Keeping watch to detect forest fires, participating in fire fighting operations, completing fire fighting reports and maintaining fire fighting equipment
- Controlling weeds and undergrowth in regenerating forest stands using manual tools and chemicals
- Operating and maintaining a skidder, bulldozer or other prime mover to pull a variety of scarification or site preparation equipment over areas to be regenerated
- Collecting seed cones, pruning trees, assisting in planting surveys and marking trees for subsequent operations
- Training and supervising other workers in forestry procedures, including forestry labourers and plant operators
