Forestry Worker (Plantation Planting)

You'll plant, prune and fell trees for a pine plantation in the hills near eMalahleni. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

You'll be based at a pine plantation in eMalahleni. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps.

• Fell, debranch and cross-cut trees with a chainsaw
• Plant seedlings in prepared pits at the right spacing
• Prune lower branches with pruning saws and ladders
• Feed logs into sawmill machines and stack planks
• Apply herbicide around young trees as instructed
• Stack logs by length for loading onto trucks
• Sharpen and service chainsaws daily

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

• Chainsaw operator certificate
• Fire fighting training
• First-aid training

• Fire-season standby allowance
• Full safety gear provided
• Crew transport to plantations
• Chainsaw and fire training at no cost

• Say you are fit and do not mind remote sites. Many applicants drop out after the first week, so recruiters test commitment.
• Mention fire fighting experience, even as a volunteer. Fire protection crews look for it before winter.