Job description Operator, Scarifier - Silviculture near Port Hawkesbury (NS)
Find out what work is like for an operator, scarifier - silviculture in Canada. This work description is applicable to all Silviculture and forestry workers (NOC 8422).
Silviculture and forestry workers
Description
Silviculture and forestry workers perform a variety of duties related to reforestation and to the management, improvement and conservation of forest lands. They are employed by logging companies, contractors and government services.
Job duties
- This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Assess site, select seedlings and plant trees using manual planting tools in reforestation areas
- Operate power thinning saw to thin and space trees in reforestation areas
- Operate chain saw to thin young forest stands
- Control weeds and undergrowth in regenerating forest stands using manual tools and chemicals
- Complete firefighting reports and maintain firefighting equipment
- Dig trenches, cut trees, pump water on burning areas to fight forest fires under direction of fire suppression officer or forestry technician
- Operate and maintain a skidder, bulldozer or other prime mover to pull a variety of scarification or site preparation equipment over areas to be regenerated
- Perform other silviculture duties such as collecting seed cones, pruning trees, assisting in planting surveys and marking trees for subsequent operations.
Job titles
- clearing saw operator - forestry
- forest firefighter
- pieceworker - silviculture
- silviculture worker
- forestry crew worker
- thinning saw operator
- scarification equipment operator - forestry
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