621 - Forestry and related workers

Description Forestry and related workers plan, organize and perform operations to cultivate, conserve and exploit natural and plantation forests. Tasks include – (a) assessing sites for reforestation, selecting seedlings and planting trees using manual planting tools and establishing and caring for forest stands; (b) locating trees to be felled and estimating volume of timber; (c) operating chainsaw and other power saws to thin young forest stands, trim, top and fell trees and saw them into logs; (d) shaping rough wooden products from logs at felling site; (e) stacking logs and loading them in chutes or floating them down rivers; (f) keeping watch to detect forest fires, participating in fire fighting operations, completing fire fighting reports and maintaining fire fighting equipment; (g) controlling weeds and undergrowth in regenerating forest stands using manual tools and chemicals; (h) operating and maintaining a skidder, bulldozer or other prime mover to pull a variety of scarification or site preparation equipment over areas to be regenerated; (i) collecting seed cones, pruning trees, assisting in planting surveys and marking trees for subsequent operations; (j) training and supervising other workers in forestry procedures, including forestry labourers and plant operators. Examples of the occupations classified here: – Charcoal burner – Logger – Logging climber – Skilled forestry worker – Timber cruiser – Tree feller Some related occupations classified elsewhere: – Silviculturist – 2132 – Forestry technician – 3143 – Tree faller operator – 8341 – Forestry labourer – 9215 Alternative titles ISCO Group 6210 Sources ESCO