Forestry Worker (Plantation Planting)

Hard, outdoor work on a pine plantation near Springs, with training on chainsaws and fire safety. It suits someone who likes knowing exactly what a good day's work looks like.

This post is Springs-based, with most of your time spent at a pine plantation. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Sharpen and service chainsaws daily
• Apply herbicide around young trees as instructed
• Prune lower branches with pruning saws and ladders
• Fell, debranch and cross-cut trees with a chainsaw
• Wear chainsaw chaps, helmets and ear protection at all times

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

• Crew transport to plantations
• Fire-season standby allowance
• 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.