Forestry Worker – ANZSCO 841311

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Description

Assists with cultivating, maintaining and protecting forests. Registration or licensing may be required.

Skill Level

4

Alternative Titles

NULL

Specializations

  • Fire Lookout
  • Forestry Tree Pruner
  • Tree Planter
  • Tree Thinner (NZ)

Skills Assessment Authority

Caveats

No caveats apply to this occupation.

Group: 8413 Forestry and Logging Workers

Description

perform routine tasks associated in cultivating and maintaining natural and plantation forests, and logging, felling and sawing trees.

Tasks

  • maintaining forest roads, buildings, facilities, signs and equipment
  • killing weeds, felling and de-barking non-productive trees and thinning young plantations
  • collecting seeds, and cultivating and planting seedlings for reafforestation purposes
  • applying fertilisers, insecticides and herbicides to individual trees and general forest areas
  • maintaining look-out for fires in forests
  • removing major branches and tree tops, trimming branches and sawing trunks into logs
  • assisting with loading and transporting logs
  • planning the felling of trees and determining the natural and intended fall of each tree
  • clearing surrounding area of saplings and debris prior to tree-felling
  • operating and maintaining manual and machine saws to fell trees and to cut felled trees into logs

Skill Level

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below.

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