Forestry Worker (Plantation Planting) – Entry Level

You'll plant, prune and fell trees for a forestry contractor in the hills near Lephalale. People who do well here are steady, honest and not scared to ask when something is unclear.

This post is Lephalale-based, with most of your time spent at a forestry contractor. There's a probation period of three months before the contract is confirmed.

• Stack logs by length for loading onto trucks
• Plant seedlings in prepared pits at the right spacing
• Clear and maintain firebreaks during the dry season
• Fell, debranch and cross-cut trees with a chainsaw
• Fight veld fires with beaters and water packs under a crew leader
• Sharpen and service chainsaws daily
• Feed logs into sawmill machines and stack planks

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

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

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