Forestry Worker

About the job

Job Description

Title:                                                        Forestry worker (Bolton Abbey)

Accountable to:                   Forestry Manager Bolton Abbey- Team Leader

Direct Reports:                                     N/A

Purpose of the Post:  To assist the Forestry Manager and Forestry Team Leader to manage a profitable commercial forestry business and deliver our objectives regarding Countryside Stewardship and the UKWAS certification at Bolton Abbey.

 Main Responsibilities:

Responsibility for:

• Carrying out instructions given by the Team Leader/Forestry Manager
• Forestry maintenance operations including planting, fencing, walling, bracken weeding and spraying
• Chainsaw operations, including cross-cutting, felling, clearing wind blow and thinning
• Tree surgery work, including tree climbing, chainsaw work and chipping
• Maintenance of all forestry vehicles and equipment
• Working as part of a team or alone without direct supervision
• Interacting with other departments on the estate
• Working safely at all times, being aware of your own and others' health and safety
• To ensure all work is carried out to the high standard required
• As a representative of Bolton Abbey Estate, being friendly, helpful, polite and enthusiastic when dealing with members of the public and other estate staff
• Having a flexible approach to carrying out other work on the Estate

Added duties may also include:

• Cutting, splitting and delivering firewood
• Tractor driving, including towing trailers and operating the forwarding trailer

This is a description of your duties and responsibilities at the present time, however, this is not an exhaustive list and other duties may be required in line with the current and future needs of the business.

Preferred Skills

Qualifications in:

Chainsaw, tree climbing, tractor driving, general forestry work

Benefits Offered

Competitive salary

31 days annual leave

Provision of all PPE

Training as and when required

The benefits of working in the environment of a beautiful Yorkshire country estate.

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About the Company

Bolton Abbey Estate (Chatsworth Settlement Trustees)

The Estate manages 1,500 acres of woodland, comprising broadleaf and coniferous woodland.  The woodlands are managed for commercial, conservation and amenity purposes.

We recognise our role in addressing global sustainability challenges such as climate change, natural resource shortages and declining biodiversity.

Our Forestry team work hard to ensure their carbon footprint is kept as small as possible. They do this by;

• Undertaking an extensive replanting programme in the winter months, designed to ensure there is a continued timber supply.
• Taking great care in managing the woodlands to ensure habitats are protected and conserved, especially in Strid Wood, one of our SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) areas.

The Estate’s commercial woodland is primarily used for firewood, saw logs, pallet wood and chip wood, with all timber extracted directly from the woodland. Through our commitment to renewable technology this will change, with timber being used in our biomass installations and reducing our reliance on fossil fuels.