Handyman: Woodlands and Indigenious Forest Management
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment · Eastern Cape
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- Grade 10 NQF level 2 or relevant equivalent qualification. No experience required.
- Knowledge of Minor maintenance, cleaning of harbor areas, administration, dry docking and safety policies. Basic finance principles. OHSA Procedures. A valid Driving license.
Duties
- Infrastructure maintenance. Cleaning and painting of walls, roof and ceiling, filling for potholes, clearing road edges/fallen trees, watering of plants, skoffeling along the fence and around the building and maintain hedge trees and campsite. Rehabilitation of degraded forest areas. Slashing of alien plants, planting of indigenous seeding.
- Manage fires. Skoffelling of fire belts and tracer belts, spraying and burning of fire belts, firefighting and sharpening of tools such as hand hoes etc.
- Manage woodlot. Reduction and coppice shots 2 and 3 stands/stumps, Alien invasive control within woodlots and clear felling of poles left in the Woodlock after harvesting of timber has been conducted.
Candidate Profile
- General administration skills, Maintenance and equipment. Ability to work under extreme pressure, ability to work with difficult persons and to resolve conflicts, ability to work long hours voluntarily and ability to gather and analyse information.