// Unit group · 9215

Forestry Labourers

Forestry labourers perform simple and routine tasks to cultivate and maintain natural and plantation forests, and log, fell and saw trees.

9 Elementary Occupations / 92 Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Labourers / 921 Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Labourers / All level 4

// Working conditions

Heat and coldLifting and postureMachineryNoiseWork at height

// Hand tools

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

digging holes for tree planting

stacking and loading logs and timber

clearing undergrowth in forest stands and thinning young plantations

maintaining look-out for fires in forests

removing major branches and tree tops, trimming branches and sawing trunks into logs

operating and maintaining manual and hand-held machine saws to fell trees and cut felled trees and branches into logs

collecting seeds, and planting seedlings

performing minor repairs and maintenance of forest roads, buildings, facilities, and equipment.

Included occupations

Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Axeman/woman
- Forestry labourer
- Tree planter

Excluded occupations

Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Forestry worker (skilled) - 6210

Indexed job titles 12