FORESTY SERVICE AID: WOODLANDS INDIGENIOUS FORESTMANAGEMENT

Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

Reference number: BC16/2026
Salary: R144 024 per annum
Centre: KwaZulu Natal (Mzimkhulu Estate)
Province: KwaZulu-Natal
Closing date: 21 September 2026
Circular: No 32 of 2026

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Requirements

Grade 09 (NQF level 1) or equivalent qualification. No experience required. 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 32 of 2026, published by the Department of Public Service and Administration on 4 September 2026. Open the PDF to check this post against the original. Last checked 9 September 2026.

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