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.

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