// Unit group · 6210

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 / 621 Forestry and Related Workers / All level 4

// Working conditions

BiologicalHeat and coldLifting and postureMachineryNoiseWork at height

// Hand tools

  1. 1General Hand Tool Operation
  2. 2Hammers
  3. 3Hand Saw

assessing sites for reforestation, selecting seedlings and planting trees using manual planting tools and establishing and caring for forest stands

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

Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Charcoal burner
- Logger
- Logging climber
- Skilled forestry worker
- Timber cruiser
- Tree feller

Excluded occupations

Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Silviculturist - 2132
- Forestry technician - 3143
- Tree faller operator - 8341
- Forestry labourer - 9215

Indexed job titles 39