Forestry Worker/Speciality Forestry Harvesting Technician

Our client, Forestry Services Limited, based in Cillín Hill, Co. Kilkenny, is currently seeking Forestry Workers/Speciality Forestry Harvesting Technicians for immediate start for their facility at Unit 3, Cillín Hill, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Co, Kilkenny.

Qualifications:

No formal qualifications are required. Minimum 1 years’ experience in the same or similar role is required. Additional training will be provided on-the-job.  

General Duties / Responsibilities / Experience:

    To carry out a variety of duties to care for and manage trees, woodland areas and forests

    To cultivate and maintain natural and plantation forests

    To log, fell and saw trees

         To dig holes for tree planting, to stack & load logs and timber, to clear undergrowth and thin young plantations

    To plant, trim, thin and fell trees, and to protect trees from pests, diseases and damage

    To erect signs, spray pesticides and operate forestry equipment

    To maintain forestry equipment, maintain trails, nurse trees and manage forest fires

    Essential knowledge for the role includes pollution prevention, planting seedlings, operating manual and handheld saws

        to fell trees

    Candidates must be competent to remove major branches and tree tops, trim branches and

        saw trunks into logs

    Essential skills include assisting direct survey crew, identifying trees, building fences and carrying out aerial tree rigging

    Candidates must be competent to control tree diseases, excite disease and pest control activities, and

         perform weed control operations

    Candidates must have prior experience in planting trees & plants, adhering to safety rules and regulations, and

        performing tree thinning

    Candidates must have prior experience in and be competent to perform forestry harvesting, including

        operating chainsaw and logging

    1 year of previous relevant experience required

Annual remuneration: €34,000.00; Pay rate €16.77 per hour

Work Location: Unit 3, Cillín Hill, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, Co, Kilkenny

Number of hours work each week: 39

If you're interested in this role, please apply with an up-to-date CV to infocrewitresourcing.com   or call 019020688 to enquire for more details.