Forest And Conservation Worker

Job description

*** RFI Response ***

Only herbicides labeled for forestry applications are used. The position does not mix or load of any herbicide. Mixing and loading is done by a licensed herbicide applicator who oversees all aspects of application.

Each “handler” (the worker who sprays herbicide) must be licensed with the Oregon Department of Agriculture. Workers are trained both for safety and for technical procedures as “handlers.”

The required PPE, as specified on the label of what is being used, is used. In everyday use, hard-hat, special gloves, and coveralls are provided. The coveralls are laundered by Cintas, a professional company, so each worker has a clean coverall every day. A few herbicides have additional PPE required, such as eye protection, on the label which safety glasses are provided.

*** Original F.a.2 ***

Duties of the forest conservation worker are to develop and maintain woodlands. This includes: applying pesticides and herbicides through sprays, soil incorporation, or chemical application on trees and shrubs to prep future planting sites and/or maintain current sites.
Hand planting tree seedlings w/o J/U root using a planting hoe or a planting shovel. Tubing or netting may be performed to protect the seedlings. Pruning, slashing, and trail construction is done with chainsaws and other hand-held equipment.
Other duties of developing and maintaining woodlands include: clearing, brush piling, pile covering for future disposal, slash pile burning, conduct fuel abatement by cutting and clearing burnable material as required to establish fire breaks, and other activities as per Forestry Land Management Services onetonline.org (45-4011), to include performing prescibed burning tasks or fighting forest fires while under the direction of the fire suppression officers or forestry technicians, performing fire protection or suppression duties, such as constructing fire breaks or disposing of brush.
All duties are performed in various weather conditions. The worker must be able to walk up to 15 miles a day and stoop and bend while carrying a pack weighing up to 50lbs. All duties are
performed in rough terrain, up to 30-40% slopes. Locations may be in remote areas with no trails and accessed by unimproved roads.

Special Requirements

MUST BE ABLE TO PLANT THE FOLLOWING NUMBER OF TREES IN AN 8 HOUR DAY: BY THE END OF THE 1ST WEEK, 800. BY THE END OF THE 2ND WEEK, 900. BY THE
END OF THE 3RD WEEK, 1000.