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Forestry Team Supervisor (Silviculture)

How2Apply Talent Network

Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal

Contract

Posted 4 hours ago

Contract Agriculture & Forestry

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Job Description

You'll plant, prune and fell trees for a forestry contractor in the hills near Richards Bay. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

This post is in Richards Bay (KwaZulu-Natal). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

What you'll actually do

Apply herbicide around young trees as instructed
Prune lower branches with pruning saws and ladders
Stack logs by length for loading onto trucks
Feed logs into sawmill machines and stack planks
Sharpen and service chainsaws daily

What you need

Follows safety rules strictly around machines and fires
Physically strong and fit for steep slopes
Valid ID
Able to work in a crew and follow the crew leader
Available for early starts and fire-season standby
Passes the medical check for fire crews

Helpful, not essential

Chainsaw operator certificate
Previous plantation or sawmill experience

What's in it for you

Fire-season standby allowance
Crew transport to plantations
Chainsaw and fire training at no cost

How to apply

Check you meet the must-haves first; recruiters filter on those before anything else.
Keep copies of these ready to send: ID copy (certified), reference from a crew leader or forester plus chainsaw or firefighting certificates.
Send your details with the form below. Add one or two lines about similar work you've done.
Watch for a call or WhatsApp from How2Apply over the next 7 working days.

Your application joins the How2Apply talent pool for this role, and we put shortlisted people forward to employers hiring in and around Richards Bay.

Applying is free. Nobody from How2Apply will ever ask you to pay for anything to get this job.

Tips to get shortlisted

Say you are fit and do not mind remote sites. Many applicants drop out after the first week, so recruiters test commitment.
If you have a chainsaw ticket, put it at the top. Certified operators earn more and are hired first.