Forestry Worker

Job description

Duties may include: sowing seed; lifting seedlings from nursery beds, placing shading materials beside seedlings, netting or tubing (placing small plastic tubes over seedlings); mulching (placing mulching materials around seedlings), post-planting hand scalping (removing excessive vegetation around seedlings); applying repellent or fertilizer to seedlings; gopher baiting, and collecting fallen cones or scion. May include: propagating, protecting, managing forest tracts, using hand tools to perform such activities as preparing sites for planting, thinning, tending crop trees, reduce competing vegetation, removing brush, planting seedlings & trees, gathering forest products & other related Forestry Worker activities as per SOC/OES 45-4011 (onetonline.org).

Possible weekend/holiday work.
At Employer’s sole discretion: possible raises and/or bonuses based on individual factors such as work performance or skill (not guaranteed).

Special Requirements

Must be 18 due to travel. Must show proof of legal authorization to work in the United States. Drug/alcohol/tobacco free work zone. Must walk substantially (up to 15 miles/day), also stoop, bend while carrying a pack (up to 50lbs) thru rough terrain (non-trail). All applicants must be able, willing, qualified to perform work described and must be available for the entire period specified and work throughout all areas of intended employment. Outdoors, exposed to weather; must be capable of doing physically strenuous labor for long hours, occasionally in extreme heat or cold. Variable weather conditions apply; hours may fluctuate (+/-), possible downtime and/or OT.