Forestry Worker
- Classification
- Occupation
- Skill level
- 4
- Major group
- Labourers
Classification
- Major group
- 8Labourers
- Sub-major group
- 84Farm, Forestry and Garden Workers
- Minor group
- 843Forestry and Garden Workers
- Unit group
- 8431Forestry and Logging Workers
Description
Assists with cultivating, maintaining and protecting forests. Registration or licensing may be required
Specialisations
- Tree Planter
- Tree Thinner (NZ)
Unit group
8431 · Forestry and Logging WorkersDescription
Forestry and Logging Workers perform routine tasks associated in cultivating and maintaining natural and plantation forests, and logging, felling and sawing trees. Tree Surgeons are excluded from this unit group. Tree Surgeons are included in Unit Group 3625 Arboriculture Workers, in Occupation 362512 Tree Worker.
Skill level
Australia
AQF Certificate II or III (ANZSCO Skill Level 4)
New Zealand
NZQF Level 2 or 3 qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 4) At least one year of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications listed above. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification. Registration or licensing may be required.
Occupation skill level 4
Tasks
Tasks include
- 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 and pesticides 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