Becoming a Forestry Worker in Queensland

About this role

Forestry Workers assist with cultivating, maintaining and protecting forests.

What you might do day-to-day in this job

Typical tasks for a Forestry Worker include:

• 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.