Water and firewood collectors collect water and firewood and transport them on foot or using hand or animal carts.
Skill level:
Unskilled
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- Salary range for the majority of workers in Water and firewood collectors - from R8 055 to R14 507 per month - 2025.
- A Water and firewood collectors typically earns between R8 055 and R12 454 net per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between R8 644 and R14 589 per month for a working week of 45 hours.
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Duties and tasks
- Cutting and collecting wood from forests for sale in market or as fuel or for own consumption
- Visiting forests or fields to pick pieces of dried wood from the ground and arranging them in heaps
- Cutting decayed branches and trunks of trees using axes and hand-saws
- Tying collected wood into small faggots and carrying them or transporting them on a cart to the market for sale or to villages or households for use
- Drawing water from wells, rivers or ponds, etc. For domestic use
- Collecting water in leather bags, buckets or other containers from taps, rivers, ponds or wells, and delivering the water to work sites, the houses of clients or to own household for drinking, cleaning of drains or storage in tanks
