FORESTY SERVICE AID: WOODLANDS INDIGENIOUS FOREST MANAGEMENT
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
- Reference number
- BC16/2026
- Salary
- R144 024 per annum
- Centre
- KZN- Mzimkhulu Estate
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Closing date
- 26 October 2026
- Circular
- No 36 of 2026
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Grade 9 or ABET Level 1 or 2 Certificate. Knowledge of planting, firefighting, coppice reduction Communication skills, interpersonal skills and listening skills. Planning and execution, Interpersonal relations, acceptance of responsibility, teamwork and self-discipline.
Duties
Render Silviculture functions within plantations and indigenous forests. Rehabilitate degraded sites. Conduct the marking of plots, counting and marking of trees, coppice reduction. Update the variety of registers regarding the aspects of work, planting, weeding/manual/chemical, maintain conservation zones, removal of alien species. Perform fire protection and suppression duties. Control pest/ weed infection, protect infrastructure. Infrastructure maintenance. Render harvesting services: conduct log marking and pole measuring. Propagate plants and trees: conduct record keeping of plants/trees. Produce and process poles: cutting/drying/treatment of poles, provide support in selling poles.
Where to send your application
All applications to be submitted online on the following link: https://erecruitment.environment.gov.za/
Enquiries
Mr GW Mnguni at (066) 165 6908
Taken from Public Service Vacancy Circular 36 of 2026, published by the Department of Public Service and Administration on 9 October 2026. Open the PDF to check this post against the original. Last checked 9 October 2026.
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