A RARE opportunity has come up to join Forestry England as a harvesting operator - and the organisation is also looking for a trainee in the same role. 

These are two of several openings currently in the sector. 

Qualified and Trainee Harvesting Machine Operators, Forestry England 
East of England 

Description
Key elements of the role
• Tree felling and forwarding operations
• Health and safety
• Operational delivery

Job Role
You will be based at Santon Downham Downham as part of the Direct Production Harvesting Team working throughout the Thetford Beat.

Using purpose-built forestry machines you will work as part of a dedicated team to plan and carry out tree harvesting.

You will do this by operating both a forwarder and harvester to mechanically fell trees and extract timber to roadside.

You will be required to meet targets in terms of production outputs but more importantly in terms of ensuring all Health, Safety and Environmental conditions are met.

Benefits
We offer generous holiday entitlement, substantial training and civil service pension scheme.

APPLY FOR THE ROLES HERE 

Closing date: Sunday, March 12 

Other roles added within the last week include: 

• GRADUATE FORESTER, GALBRAITH FORESTRY 
• FORESTER, GALBRAITH FORESTRY 
• FOREST PLANNER, SCOTTISH WOODLANDS 
• FOREST MANAGER, SCOTTISH WOODLANDS 
• FOREST MANAGER/SENIOR FOREST MANAGER, TILHILL 

Check out our full list of forestry vacancies here. 

If you are interested in advertising in our Jobs section, please contact:
Dali Dahmane on 0141 302 7759 or
email: dali.dahmane@forestryjournal.co.uk