assessing sites for reforestation, selecting seedlings and planting trees using manual planting tools, and establishing and caring for forest stands
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Forestry and Related Workers
Forestry and related workers plan, organize and perform operations to cultivate, conserve and exploit natural and plantation forests.
6 Skilled Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Workers / 62 Market-Oriented Skilled Forestry, Fishery and Hunting Workers / All level 3
locating trees to be felled and estimating volume of timber
operating chainsaw and other power saws to thin young forest stands, trim, top and fell trees and saw them into logs
shaping rough wooden products from logs at felling site
stacking logs and loading them in chutes or floating them down rivers
keeping watch to detect forest fires, participating in firefighting operations, completing firefighting reports and maintaining firefighting equipment
controlling weeds and undergrowth in regenerating forest stands, using manual tools and chemicals
operating and maintaining a skidder, bulldozer or other prime mover to pull a variety of scarification or site preparation equipment over areas to be regenerated
collecting seed cones, pruning trees, assisting in planting surveys and marking trees for subsequent operations
training and supervising other workers in forestry procedures, including forestry labourers and plant operators.
Included occupations
Occupations in this minor group are classified into the following unit group:
6210 Forestry and Related Workers