ANZSCO ID 8431
Forestry and Logging Workers perform routine tasks associated in cultivating and maintaining natural and plantation forests, and logging, felling and sawing trees.
Job Titles
- Forestry Worker
- Logging Assistant, or Logger
- Tree Faller, or Tree Feller
Tasks
- maintaining forest roads, buildings, facilities, signs and equipment
- killing weeds, felling and de-barking non-productive trees and thinning young plantations
- collecting seeds, and cultivating and planting seedlings for reafforestation purposes
- applying fertilisers, insecticides and herbicides to individual trees and general forest areas
- maintaining look-out for fires in forests
- removing major branches and tree tops, trimming branches and sawing trunks into logs
- assisting with loading and transporting logs
- planning the felling of trees and determining the natural and intended fall of each tree
- clearing surrounding area of saplings and debris prior to tree-felling
- operating and maintaining manual and machine saws to fell trees and to cut felled trees into logs
Study Pathway
Certificate II or III (ANZSCO Skill Level 4) is usually needed to work in this job. Even with a qualification, sometimes experience or on-the-job training is necessary. Registration or licensing may also be required.
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Soft Skills
- problem solving skills
- like working outdoors and physically fit
- communication skills
- enjoy science and the environment
- planning skills
- work independently
- computer skills
- management and organisation skills