Forest & Conservation Workers
Employer
327 Conerly Road
Braxton, MS 39044
United States
Job description
Manual itinerant work mechanically planting tree seedlings, pre-commercial thinning, applying herbicides, pruning, and maintaining boundary lines to reforest and maintain timberlands. Use equipment in planting and thinning trees, spreading or spraying chemicals, preparing sites for planting, or performing other forestry services. Operate a rubber-tired or crawler-type tractor. Lubricate equipment, fuel equipment, adjust equipment, and make emergency repairs to equipment. Select and cut trees according to markings or sizes, types, and grades. Identify diseased or undesirable trees, and remove them, using power saws or hand saws. Spray vegetation with herbicides to reduce competing vegetation. Thin and space trees, using power thinning saws. Mark boundary lines. As a minor activity gather pine straw, pull seedlings from nursery beds, perform prescribed burning tasks under the direction of fire suppression officers or forestry technicians and right of way maintenance to gain access to tracts to plant. Workers who hold or obtain a MSPA certificate with driving authorization may transport workers, count and check, and be offered additional work hours. Drug free workplace. Drug testing may be conducted throughout the employment period at employer's expense. These jobs involve propagating, protecting, and managing forest tracts.
Special Requirements
No education or experience required. Must be 18 years or older. Requires physical stamina. Extensive walking over rough terrain. Work is in adverse weather. Must lift and carry 50 lbs. Production standard of 7,500 seedlings mechanically planted per 7.5 hr day after one week of on the job training. Work schedule and locations dependent on weather conditions. Must pass drug screenings. Saturday and Sunday work required, when necessary.