Forestry Worker

Duties may include: sowing seed; lifting seedlings from nursery beds, placing shading materials beside seedlings, netting or tubing (placing small plastic tubes over seedlings); mulching (placing mulching materials around seedlings), post-planting hand scalping (removing excessive vegetation around seedlings); applying repellent or fertilizer to seedlings. May include: propagating, protecting, managing forest tracts, using hand tools to perform such activities as preparing sites for planting, thinning, tending crop trees, reduce competing vegetation, removing brush, planting seedlings & trees, gathering forest products & other related Forestry Worker activities as per SOC/OES 45-4011 (onetonline.org). Standard/Expected Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:00AM-3:30PM. Offering 40+ (plus) hours per week; not including applicable lunch and/or breaks. Possible weekend/holiday work. Start/end times, offered hours and/or overtime could vary as they may be dependent upon other factors such as project/schedule/service needs, weather, and commute time between worksites (if applicable). Overtime possible, but not required or guaranteed. At Employer’s sole discretion: possible raises and/or bonuses based on individual factors such as work performance or skill (not guaranteed). Piece rate may apply: worker will never make less than Prevailing Wage or Federal/State/Local minimum wage. Optional, shared housing available at no cost to the worker.