Seasonal worker, forestry

Forestry labourers perform simple and routine tasks in growing and maintaining natural and planted forests.

• digging holes for planting trees;
• stacking and loading logs and timber;
• clearing forests of undergrowth and thinning young plantations;
• guarding against forest fires;
• cutting, trimming and removing branches from trees and cutting harvested timber into logs;
• felling and cutting trees with hand-held chainsaws;
• collecting seeds and planting saplings;
• making minor repairs and maintaining forest roads, buildings and facilities.
• Examples of occupations in this unit group:
• Woodcutter (feller)
• Worker, forestry
• Seasonal worker, forestry
• General worker, forestry