Reforestation servant - Salary and Career
Extractivists and reforesters of wood-producing species

Reforestation servant - Career description, activities, functions and salary

They extract wood, identifying extraction areas, felling mapped trees, classifying logs according to diameter and length and separating wood according to its use. They reforest areas, collecting seeds from trees and buds for cloning and planting tree seedlings. They would inventory forests, identify species, monitor tree growth and raise wood potential in renewable and native forests. They carry out measurements by coding felled trees. They transport trees, logs and short logs and condition soil for planting. They work following safety, hygiene and environmental protection standards.

How much does an Reforestation servant earn

A Reforestation servant earns between $1.105 and $2.061 per month, with an average monthly salary of $1.287 and a median salary of $1.216 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 51.188 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).


Salary ranges for the Reforestation servant

Monthly Salary Annual Salary Salary Per Week Hourly Salary
Average wage 1.287 15.439 322 6
1º Quartile 1.105 13.256 276 5
Median Salary 1.216 14.586 304 6
3º Quartile 1.572 18.859 393 7
Higher Salary 2.061 24.729 515 9


Professional job categories

  • Agricultural, forestry and fisheries workers
    • fishermen and forestry extractors
      • forest extractives
        • extractivists and reforesters of wood-producing species

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Main workplaces

Extractivists and reforesters of wood-producing species they work in companies that extract and process wood and its derivatives as employees with a formal contract. They are organized as a team, as permanent supervision, during the day and in the open. All are subject to climate variation and the chainsaw operator works in an uncomfortable position and exposed to intense noise.


What does it take to work in the field of Extractivists and reforesters of wood-producing species

For the exercise of these occupations, the fourth grade of elementary school and a basic professional qualification course of around two hundred class hours are required (except for forest extraction workers, who do not need a qualification course). The full performance of activities takes between one and two years of professional experience.


Functions and activities of Reforestation servant

Extractivists and reforesters of wood-producing species must:

  • extracting wood;
  • perform measurements;
  • employ security measures;
  • transport trees, logs and logs;
  • take measurements;
  • demonstrate personal skills;
  • employing safety measures;
  • employ safety measures;
  • condition soil for planting;
  • reforest areas;
  • employ safety measures;
  • extract timber;
  • lock wood;
  • extract wood;
  • conditioning soil for planting;
  • inventory forests;

  • Activities

    • check terrain topography;
    • annotate collected measurements;
    • measure tree diameter and height;
    • replant seedlings in unplanted holes;
    • classify logs according to diameter and length;
    • demonstrate sense of direction;
    • demonstrate a sense of direction;
    • save equipment;
    • fertilize soil;
    • lighten plantations;
    • check distances between teams in extraction areas;
    • sharpening sickle and hatchet;
    • align terrain;
    • record peer training;
    • select dominant trees;
    • spray pesticides on seedlings;
    • check species, age and origin of renewable trees;
    • check the appearance of pests and anthills;
    • pick seeds from trees;
    • measure piles of trees, logs and logs washed;
    • pick up buds for cloning;
    • attending to details;
    • measure cap (chest height) of trees;
    • distributing ant killers in soil;
    • locate sampling plots;
    • underground terrain;
    • storage logs and logs;
    • train co-workers;
    • attend to details;
    • apply herbicides in competitive weeds and weeds;
    • demarcate sampling plots in topographic plan;
    • adjust equipment;
    • adjust measurement scale according to terrain topography;
    • check the slope of trees;
    • prove physical endurance;
    • fertilize planted seedlings;
    • line up remnants of branches between rows;
    • collect soil samples;
    • putting out forest fires;
    • grade ground;
    • measure slope and slope;
    • cube felled trees;
    • observe wind direction;
    • delimbing trees;
    • report occurrences of fires, pests, deforestation and bad weather;
    • covear land;
    • monitor tree growth;
    • check measurements;
    • cube logs and logs;
    • observe the presence of hooks in logs;
    • debarking logs;
    • indicate tree felling areas with warning signs;
    • mark land;
    • work as a team;
    • show courage;
    • find anthills;
    • send samples for laboratory analysis;
    • measure dap (diameter of chest height) of trees;
    • select thick, medium and thin trees;
    • raise wood potential in renewable and native forests;
    • clearing native vegetation;
    • describe tree characteristics;
    • line up branch remnants between rows;
    • cutting trees into logs;
    • measure installments;
    • examine topographical plan;
    • separate wooden rollers;
    • package logs and logs;
    • separate wood according to use;
    • clean up logs and logs;
    • sharpen chainsaw chain;
    • check volume and wood stocks;
    • clean up planting area;
    • detect accident risks;
    • identify extraction areas;
    • choose species and seed quality;
    • identify tree species;
    • plant tree seedlings;
    • chop mapped trees;
    • load trees, logs and logs on trucks, ferries, wagons and rafts ;
    • stack trees, logs and logs;
    • mark cut points on trees;
    • weed weed;
    • sharpen plantations;
    • tie steel cables to piles and logs;
    • flag selected trees;
    • weeding weeds;
    • demonstrate quantitative reasoning;
    • transfer logs and logs from field to road;
    • unload trees, logs and logs onto trucks, ferries, wagons and rafts ;


    Sectors that hire Reforestation servant the most in the job market

    • support activities for forestry production
    • eucalyptus cultivation
    • timbering in planted forests
    • terrain preparation, cultivation and harvesting service
    • charcoal production - planted forests
    • agricultural machinery and equipment rental without operator
    • cultivation of seedlings in forest nurseries
    • pine cultivation
    • manufacture of pulp and other pulp for papermaking
    • road transport of cargo, except dangerous goods and removals, intercity, interstate and international




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