Forest And Conservation Worker
Employer
24745 ALSEA HWY
PHILOMATH, OR 97370
United States
Job description
Duties of the forest conservation worker are to develop and maintain woodlands. This includes:
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. Spraying is performed to prep future
planting sites and/or maintain current sites 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,
and other activities as per Forestry Land Management Services (onetonline.org) 45-4011.
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 40-60% 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 END OF 1ST WEEK - 800,
BY END OF 2ND WEEK - 900, BY END OF 3RD WEEK - 1000 TREES.