FOREST AND CONSERVATION WORKER
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3 Month Experience Required Conducting Tree Planting and/or Precommercial Tree Thinning
📍 WRANGELL, AK (Wrangell City And Borough County)
Employment period
October 2026 – June 2027
25 workers at this location · 100 across all locations
Hours per week
48 hrs/week
Experience
3 months
Overtime available. Daily transportation to the worksite. Tools and equipment provided. On-the-job training provided.
Housing provided by employer
The employer states housing is provided for workers. Terms below are the employer's own stated terms as filed with the U.S. Department of Labor — TurnSeasons has not verified them.
Pay deductions (employer's stated terms)
The Company will make all deductions from the worker's paycheck required by law. F.d.4, The company will pay for motel services, when the employees work outside the Local Chehalis, WA area at no cost to employee
Requirements
F.A.5 OCCASIONAL OVERTIME, ANY HOURS OVER 40 IN A WORK WEEK WILL BE PAID AT 1 1/2 TIMES THE COUNTY RATE WERE THE JOB IS DONE AT THE TIME. F.A.9 3 MONTH EXPERIENCE REQUIRED CONDUCTING COMMERCIAL TREE PLANTING AND/OR PRE-COMMERCIAL TREE THINNING, F.A.11: SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS, EMPLOYEE MUST BE ABLE TO CORRECTLY PLANT THE FOLLOWING NUMBER OF TREES IN AN B HOUR DAY SHIFT BY THE END OF 1ST WEEK BOO SEEDLINGS 2ND WEEK 900 SEEDLINGS 3RD WEEK 1,000 SEEDLINGS
Job Duties
COMMERCIAL TREE PLANTING WILL BE CONDUCTED ON STEEP TERRAIN, 40%-50% IN SLOPE AND DONE WITH THE USE OF A PLANTING SHOVEL. THE EMPLOYEE WILL CLEAR A SPACE ON THE GROUND, DIG A HOLE, CORRECTLY PLACE THE SEEDLING TREE IN THE HOLE WITHOUT PLACING THE ROOT IN A "J" SHAPE, COVER THE ROOTS WITH THE SOIL, AND THEN TAMP THE SOIL AROUND THE NEWLY PLANTED SEEDLING. THE EMPLOYEE WILL BE REQUIRED TO CARRY A PLATING BAG WHICH WILL CONTAIN THE SEEDLINGS, COMBINED WEIGHT IS ABOUT 50-60 POUNDS, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE SEEDLINGS, UP AND DOWN THE STEEP TERRAIN, IN REMOTE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS. PRE-COMMERCIAL THINNING; THE CUTTING OF UNDESIRABLE AND DISEASED TREES, SPRAYING VEGETATION TO ELIMINATE UNWANTED UNDERBRUSH, BRUSH CUTTING/PILING OF LIMBS OF THE COMMERCIAL TIMBER WILL BE CONDUCTED IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THE GROWTH OF THE STANDING TIMBER. TREE LIMBS CUT AND BRUSH WILL BE PILED IN A PRESCRIBED MANNER FOR THE FUTURE DISPOSAL. THE THINNING WILL BE CONDUCTED WITH THE USE OF A CHAINSAW, EMPLOYEES ARE EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN THE SAW, SHARPEN THE CHAIN IN THE FIELD, MAINTAN CORRECT FLUID LEVELS, AND PROPERLY BREAK THE SAW DOWN FOR CLEANING. THE COMBINED WEIGHT OF THE SAW, FUEL AND OIL IS APPROXIMATELY 30 LBS AND MUST BE CARRIED UP AND DOWN DIFFICULT TERRAIN RANGING FROM 40%-50% SLOPE. THE EMPLOYEE MUST DEMOSTRATE THAT HE CAN WORK IN A SAFE AND EFFECTIVE MANNER., ACCESS IS GAINED TO THESE REMOTE AREAS BY TRAVELING ON ABANDONED, UNNAMED OR NUMBERED LOGGING ROADS THAT ARE MANTAINED.
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