Sawmill General Worker – Fixed-Term

Winter fire season is near, and a forestry contractor near Hammarsdale needs crews ready. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

Home base is a forestry contractor on the Hammarsdale side of KwaZulu-Natal. Hours are mostly Monday to Friday, with the odd Saturday in busy months.

• Wear chainsaw chaps, helmets and ear protection at all times
• Apply herbicide around young trees as instructed
• Prune lower branches with pruning saws and ladders
• Sharpen and service chainsaws daily
• Plant seedlings in prepared pits at the right spacing
• Fell, debranch and cross-cut trees with a chainsaw
• Fight veld fires with beaters and water packs under a crew leader

• Passes the medical check for fire crews
• Willing to work in remote areas
• 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

• Chainsaw operator certificate
• Previous plantation or sawmill experience
• First-aid training

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

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