forest worker
Forest workers carry out a variety of jobs to care for and manage trees, woodland areas and forests. Their activities include planting, trimming, thinning and felling trees and protecting them from pests, diseases and damage.
Also called: forestry worker, silviculture worker, woodland assistant, woodland worker, forestry assistant
- 26
- essential skills
- 10
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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- ISCO-08 group
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8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- arboriculturistWhat changes?10 skills in common
- landscape gardener8 skills in common
- forestry technician7 skills in common
- countryside officer6 skills in common
- tree surgeon5 skills in common
- forest ranger4 skills in common
- groundsman/groundswoman4 skills in common
- forestry equipment operator3 skills in common
Essential skills
26- act with a high level of safety awareness
- assist forest survey crew
- assist tree identification
- build fences
- carry out aerial tree rigging
- climb trees
- control tree diseases
- de-limb trees
- execute disease and pest control activities
- maintain forestry equipment
- maintain the trails
- manage forest fires
- nurse trees
- operate forestry equipment
- perform pest control
- perform tree thinning
- perform weed control operations
- plant green plants
- plant trees
- pollution prevention
- put up signs
- reforestation
- safeguard biodiversity
- spray pesticides
- sustainable forest management
- work independently in forestry services
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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