Australian GovernmentStudy Australia

Forestry Workers


Forestry Workers assist with cultivating, maintaining and protecting forests.

What the job involves

  • Maintains forest roads, buildings, facilities, signs and equipment

  • Kills weeds, fells and de-barks non-productive trees and thins young plantations

  • Collect seeds, and cultivates and plants seedlings for reforestation purposes

  • Applies fertilisers, insecticides and herbicides to individual trees and general forest areas

  • Maintains look-out for fires in forests