Seasonal Forestry Worker

4 weeks ago

Guelph, Canada Bartram Woodlands Full time

**SEASONAL FORESTRY WORKER**: Full-Time Fixed-Term Position - 9-10 week Contract

**Start Date**:April 26, 2023 **Completion Date**:June 30, 2023
- Note: Contract will end when seasonal forestry work is complete. Option to extend the contract in July if additional work is available._
- **Applications will not be considered without a Cover Letter andResume**_

**Job Description - Seasonal Forestry Worker/Assistant Crew Supervisor**

**NOTE: This position requires maturity, physical stamina and leadership skills as well mechanical aptitude and/or previous experience with machinery operation and driving ability.**

To succeed you will need to work to the full extent of your capacity for the duration of our planting season. We will provide thorough training to assist you in maximizing your potential earnings as quickly as possible. Many tasks will be paid by piecework with opportunity for additional reward for hard work.

Work is based from Guelph, and all staff **must** have their own accommodation in the Guelph area for the duration of the contract period. Frequent out-of-town projects will also require accommodation in hotels on most weeknights and occasionally on weekends. All hotel accommodation and transport are supplied at no cost to employees, but you must supply and prepare your own food each day. Board and accommodation in the Guelph area is not provided.

**Job Requirements**
- Ability to work outdoors while completing repetitive tasks, crouching/bending down, and standing and walking all day in various off-trail terrain while carrying heavy planting bags/backpack herbicide tank
- G-class driver’s license with no more than 2 demerit points in the past two years.
- Able to travel and stay in hotels out-of-town for 4-5 nights per week during employment contract.
- Applicants **must** also have accommodation in the Guelph area for weekends, training days, and occasional local work.

Any of the following skills/ training will be considered **strong assets**:

- Forestry Technician diploma
- Leadership skills and supervisory potential
- Farm tractor and machinery operation or similar
- Mechanical aptitude: repairs, trouble shooting, and maintenance
- Experience driving work vehicles
- Demanding outdoor labour experience
- High-performance fitness training or organized sports training
- 1st Aid Certification
- Forestry Pesticide Applicator License (Technician or Exterminator

**Timing and Payment Details**

**Daily Hours**: 6:30AM to 6:30 PM Monday through Friday with occasional work on weekends.

**SAMPLE Piecework and Hourly Rates**:
**Machine Planting**: Paid per 1000 trees planted as a team. Personal rate paid based on experience and qualifications.

Average daily pay range: $200-$300+/day

**Backpack Herbicide Application**: Piecework: Spot spray work is paid on a piecework basis, averaging$0.10-$0.15paid per tree. Hourly Work: Invasive species control is paid on an hourly basis starting at $22.50/hour for unlicensed trainees.

Average daily pay range: $200-$300+/day.

**Hand Planting**:

- Bare Root Seedlings: $0.30-$0.40 per tree
- Potted Nursery Stock: 1-gal pots $1.00-$1.50 per tree, 2-gal pots $2.00-$2.50 per tree
- Mulching (large bin): $1.00-$1.50 per bin

Average daily piecework pay range: $200-300/day.

**Hourly Work**:Occasional hourly field work is paid at $20 per hour (new planters) or $22.50 per hour (experienced planters) once workers are trained and can maintain piecework production.
- *Higher piecework rates may be paid on selected projects based on difficulty of work._

**Travel Time and Down Time**:Expect 1-4 hour per day for all travel. Travel is often included in the piecework rates shown above. Special circumstances may require hourly pay for travel, which will be paid at a rate of **$16.00/hour. **This may occur when equipment must be relocated longer distances or during any prolonged equipment breakdown. “Down Time” will be paid at a rate of $16.00/hour.

**Bonuses**:Workers will be eligible for the following:

- **Contract Completion Bonus (5%)**: Receive an additional **5% bonus** paid for the successful completion of the entire contract period.

**Statutory Holiday pay and Overtime**: Employees will be paid for all Statutory holidays and regular “time-and-a-half” overtime after 44 hours per week.

**Average Daily Pay** (all payments and bonuses)**:$200.00-$300.00 per day**

**COVID-19**

**How to Apply**:
**Interviews**

**Date 1**:February 16, 2023

**Date 2**:March 23, 2023

We will contact you if selected for an interview. Thank you for applying
- **Applications will not be considered without a Cover Letter andResume**_

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract, Seasonal
Contract length: 9-10 weeks

**Salary**: $200.00-$300.00 per day

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Overtime
- Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus pay
- Overtime pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Guelph, ON N1H 6J4: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting wo

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