Forestry Services Aid: Woodlands and Indigenious Forest Management at Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

Requirements & Qualifications

• Grade 9 (NQF level 1) or equivalent qualification as recognised by SAQA. Knowledge of planting and firefighting.

Duties

• Render Silviculture functions within the plantations and forests. Conduct the marking of plots, counting and marking of trees. Maintain equipment used. Update a variety of registers regarding the aspects of work.
• Grade and record dried wood. Prepare site. Planting. Weeding / Manual / Chemical. Coppice reduction. Wattle Spacing. Rehabilitation of degraded sites. Maintain conservation zones.
• Removal of alien species. Perfom forest protection tasks. Perform fire protection and suppression duties. Maintain firefighting equipment. Protect infrastructure. Perform forest protection task. Fight forest/veld fire. Perform fire protection suppression duties.
• Maintain firefighting equipment. Control pest/weed infection. Protect infrastructure. Render harvesting services. Clear felling. Debarking. Manual slipping of poles. Conduct log marking and pole measuring. Propagate plants and trees. Monitor the propagation of activities.
• Conduct record keeping of plant/trees. Produce and process poles. Cutting, drying, grading, treatment and sampling of poles. Provide support in selling of poles.

Candidate Profile

• Communication skills, interpersonal skills and listening skills. Planning and execution, acceptance of responsibility, teamwork and self-discipline.