Forestry labourers

Forestry labourers perform simple and routine tasks to cultivate and maintain natural and plantation forests, and logging, felling and sawing trees.

Skill level: Unskilled

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  • Salary range for the majority of workers in Forestry labourers - from $4,913 to $7,084 per month - 2025.
  • A Forestry labourers typically earns between $4,913 and $6,161 gross per month at the start of the job.
  • After 5 years of service, this is between $4,933 and $6,138 per month for a working week of 38 hours.

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Job Responsibilities

  • Digging holes for tree planting
  • Stacking and loading logs and timber
  • Clearing undergrowth in forest stands and thinning young plantations
  • Maintaining look-out for fires in forests
  • Removing major branches and tree tops, trimming branches and sawing trunks into logs
  • Operating and maintaining manual and hand-held machine saws to fell trees and cut felled trees and branches into logs
  • Collecting seeds and planting seedlings
  • Performing minor repairs and maintenance of forest roads, buildings, facilities and equipment

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