Wood conveyor - Salary and Career
Extractivists and reforesters of wood-producing species

Wood conveyor - 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 Wood conveyor earn

A Wood conveyor 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 Wood conveyor

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

Related Positions:




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 Wood conveyor

Extractivists and reforesters of wood-producing species must:

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

  • Activities

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


    Sectors that hire Wood conveyor 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




    Featured Professions:

    Cafeteria clerk - Salary and Career
    service workers in food, beverage and hospitality establishments

    Cafeteria clerk