6210-Forestry and related workers

Main Tasks include -

• (a) assessing sites for reforestation, selecting seedlings and planting trees using manual planting tools and establishing and caring for forest stands
• (b) locating trees to be felled and estimating volume of timber
• (c) operating chainsaw and other power saws to thin young forest stands, trim, top and fell trees and saw them into logs
• (d) shaping rough wooden products from logs at felling site
• (e) stacking logs and loading them in chutes or floating them down rivers
• (f) keeping watch to detect forest fires, participating in fire fighting operations, completing fire fighting reports and maintaining fire fighting equipment
• (g) controlling weeds and undergrowth in regenerating forest stands using manual tools and chemicals
• (h) operating and maintaining a skidder, bulldozer or other prime mover to pull a variety of scarification or site preparation equipment over areas to be regenerated
• (i) collecting seed cones, pruning trees, assisting in planting surveys and marking trees for subsequent operations
• (j) training and supervising other workers in forestry procedures, including forestry labourers and plant operators. Examples of the occupations classified