FORESTY SERVICE AID: WOODLANDS INDIGENIOUS FORESTMANAGEMENT

Job Overview

A Forestry Service Aid position is available at Woodlands Indigenous Forest Management in Mzimkhulu Estate, KwaZulu-Natal, offering a salary of R144 024 per annum. The role requires a Grade 09 (NQF level 1) qualification or equivalent, with no prior experience needed. Responsibilities include silviculture functions, site rehabilitation, fire protection, harvesting services, and plant propagation.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Grade 09 (NQF level 1) or equivalent qualification
• No experience required
• Knowledge of planting, firefighting, and coppice reduction
• Communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Listening skills
• Planning and execution
• Acceptance of responsibility
• Teamwork and self-discipline

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Render Silviculture functions within plantations and indigenous forests
• Rehabilitate degraded sites
• Conduct the marking of plots, counting and marking of trees, and coppice reduction
• Update various registers regarding work aspects, planting, and weeding
• Maintain conservation zones and remove alien species
• Perform fire protection and suppression duties
• Control pest and weed infection and protect infrastructure
• Perform infrastructure maintenance
• Render harvesting services including log marking and pole measuring
• Propagate plants and trees and conduct record keeping
• Produce and process poles including cutting, drying, and treatment, and provide support in selling poles

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