Pruning and Thinning Crew Worker

Timber keeps rural towns working, and a sawmill near Mthatha is hiring crews. This is a good step for someone who wants proper routine and a manager who notices good work.

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

• Sharpen and service chainsaws daily
• Fell, debranch and cross-cut trees with a chainsaw
• Stack logs by length for loading onto trucks
• Plant seedlings in prepared pits at the right spacing
• Fight veld fires with beaters and water packs under a crew leader

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

• Full safety gear provided
• Chainsaw and fire training at no cost
• Crew transport to plantations

• 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.