Forestry and Logging Workers

This occupation may include associated occupations with varying 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.

If you’re interested in outdoor work such as growing plants or raising stock, you may be interested in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing industry.Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing includes a wide range of occupations, skills and activities. This industry has a massive undertaking supplying your local supermarket with numerous fresh meat, fruit and vegetables. There are lots of types of farming and specialty jobs – cane, cotton farming, beef and dairy, organic as well as all the supporting maintaining and selling farm machinery, just to name a few.

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