Reforestation Laborer
Whitepine Forestry, Inc.
📍 Multiple locations in WA (Cowlitz County)
Employment period
December 2026 – May 2027
Workers requested: 25
Hours per week
35 hrs/week
Experience
6 months
Daily transportation to the worksite. Tools and equipment provided.
Housing provided by employer
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Pay deductions (employer's stated terms)
Housing is provided by employer at no cost. If the worker completes 50% of the work contract period, employer will arrange and pay directly for transportation and subsistence from the place of hire to the place of work. Upon completion of work contract or where the worker is dismissed earlier, employer will provide or pay for worker's reasonable costs to return transportation and subsistence back home or to the place the worker originally departed to work, except where the worker will not return due to subsequent employment with another employer. The amount of transportation payment or reimbursement will be equal to the most economical and reasonable common carrier for the distances involved. Daily subsistence will be provided at a rate of $16.78 per pay during travel to a maximum of $68.00 per day with receipts. Workers will be reimbursed in the first workweek for all visa, visa processing, border crossing +other related fees including those mandated by the government.
Requirements
VERIFIABLE EXP + CHARACTER REFERENCES. NO ON THE JOB TRAINING PROVIDED. MUST BE: AVAILABLE TO WORK ENTIRE SEASON WITH CREW AT ALL LOCATIONS; ABLE TO LIFT UP TO 50 LBS OF TREE SEEDLINGS BOXES FROM COOLER TO TREE TRANSPORT TRUCK + HANDLE STRENUOUS PHYSICAL TASKS; ABLE TO WORK IN ROUGH TERRAIN, INCL CONDITIONS THAT MAY BE COLD, HOT, DIRTY, WET, + NOISY, WITH POSSIBILITIES OF FALLING OBJECTS FROM FOREST SURROUNDINGS; AUTHORIZED TO WORK PERMANENTLY IN US; WILLING TO TAKE RANDOM DRUG/ALCOHOL TESTS +/OR CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS UPON HIRE AS WORK CONTRACTS REQUIRE; WILLING TO WEAR ALL REQUIRED CLOTHING + PROTECTIVE GEAR PER JOB CLASSIFICATIONS.
Job Duties
1. TREE Planting: Bending, stooping, walking; Carry seedlings bag weighing up to 50 lbs; Plant seedling trees 10 to 12 feet apart; When required, apply vexar netting around seedlings; Clear the ground of brush prior to planting; Dig holes for seedlings, cover the roots with soil, compress the loose soil around the seedlings; Meet production standard: The number of trees to be planted in 8 hour period, 900-1300 trees per day per employee. 2. Hand pile brush for burning and removal. 3. Perform tasks that reduce fire risk such as clearing brush, thinning trees, managing fuel loads constituting preventive conservation work, not active fire suppression. Require skills in manual labor, safe use of chainsaws, brush cutters, planting tools, and following environmental plans using shovels, planting tools, and brush cutters. Tasks involve labor for forest restoration and land management. They do not involve emergency suppression of fires or lifesaving duties. 4. Pruning trees using clippers/pruners for the allowance of better growth. 5. TREE Thinning: Work outdoors in all terrains, 30 to 70% slopes, very steep. 6. Bud Capping Netting. 7. Applying Vexar for Maintenance/Repair. TOOLS and EQUIPMENT: The employer will provide at no cost to the worker: planting shovel and planting bags for tree planting; ear protection, chainsaw, and supplies for chainsaw. Worker is responsible to have hard hat, cork boots, gloves, and chaps. No piece rate applies. No production requirement applies for incentive. No need for relationship disclosure. No third-party, agency, or headhunter submissions will be considered. ***This position is for H-2B temporary employment in the H-2B special procedure industry of Tree Planting and Reforestation***
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