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Forest Craftsperson

1 month ago

London, United Kingdom Forestry Commission Full time

Job summary

Forestry England are seeking skilled forest operative to fill a forest Craftsperson vacancy in East England Forest District. Based out of Santon Downham, Suffolk. The work will mainly be based in Thetford forest as well as our North Norfolk woodlands with occasional travel elsewhere.

Forest Craftspersons work a standard 37 hour week usually 07:00 to 15:00 (14:30 Fridays) with occasional overtime to meet operational requirements.

We depend on our Craftspeople to meet high standards whilst working remotely to complete a range of tasks from large-scale tree planting and mechanical weeding programmes to fixing broken gates. The successful applicants will be flexible and adaptable practical thinkers who are resourceful and trustworthy. They will be willing and able to work equally productively on their own or in collaboration with others.

A Craftsperson job is outdoors in all weathers demanding physical and mental resilience in return we offer a generous benefits package including enrolment in the pension scheme (with 27% employer contribution), generous shared parental leave, 25 days leave (rising in one yearly increments to 30 days after 5 years) taken flexibly throughout the year plus public and privilege holidays.

Job description

Background information:

East England Forest District Thetford Forest lies in the heart of East Anglia. The forest is approximately 20,000ha predominantly pine plantation designated as SPA/SSSI. Our North Norfolk woods are managed by staff based in Thetford Forest and are a mixture of plantation and ancient woodland sites.

Thetford & North Norfolk have an annual establishment programme of over 1 million trees with 1000ha currently within the managed establishment phase. The thinning and clearfell harvesting programme supplies around 80,000tonnes of timber a year to the UK�S wood processing industries. A Forest Resilience Programme is currently considering how we can adapt our forest management in the face of projected climate change effects on temperature, rainfall and extreme weather events.

Each forest Beat area is managed by a local team comprising a Forester, Work Supervisor, Forest Craftspeople. They are supported by locally based Wildlife Rangers and Community/Recreation Rangers. Recreation Centres have their own site management staff. District-wide administration and specialist staff are based at the Santon Downham office in Suffolk.

The District has an extensive commercial timber harvesting and tree establishment programmes across the district supplying a wide range of products from milling timber to coppice material.

There are numerous sites of conservation interest designated across the District, including Special Protection Areas (SPA) to conserve the breeding habitat for the Woodlark and Nightjar, Special Areas of Conservation (SAC), Sites of Specific Scientific Interest (SSSI), Areas of Outstanding National Beauty (AONB), Ancient Semi-Natural Woodland (ASNW), County Wildlife Sites (CWS) and Scheduled Monuments (SM).

The District offers outdoor recreation, leisure and wellbeing activities for hundreds of thousands of people each year at its recreation centres. Forestry England�s whole freehold estate is dedicated for public access on foot, with numerous small carparks and informal access points.

Although most of a Craftsperson�s daily work is carried out from their base location, Forestry England is a national organisation so from time to time meetings and training events will be held in other parts of the country.

Person specification

We are looking for people with enthusiasm, good communication skills, resourcefulness, and an ability to work safely and productively as part of a team and independently. The work tasks require driving to site, sometimes towing a trailer.

We expect Craftspeople to be able to:

- Operate and maintain tools and resources to required standards and ensure that a safe working site and safe methods are planned and maintained

- Work constructively and effectively with immediate work colleagues and the wider Forest District Team

- Be capable of planning, undertaking and recording practical tasks without supervision, planning tasks efficiently

- Take pride in their work and act professionally when dealing with members of the public, neighbours and other stakeholders

You will need a commitment to achieving results through working flexibly and supportively both on your own and as part of a small team.

Purpose of the job

We are looking for people with experience in most/all of the following tasks:

Establishment site maintenance:
Planting and beating up
Weeding and cleaning of establishment sites
Fencing installation and repair
Tree felling
Tractor based site preparation and maintenance

Estate maintenance:
Installation and repair of signs, gates and barriers
Litter picking and removal of illegal fly tipping
Yard maintenance
Vegetation cutting

Surveys and monitoring:
Tree safety inspection and remedial work
Inventory and stand measurement and assessment
Tariffing for sales parcels�

Requirements:
Full UK Driving Licence

Desirable Experience:
Tractor operations
Chainsaw operations
Clearing saw operations
Spraying operations
Planting operations

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Managing a Quality ServiceDelivering at PaceWorking TogetherMaking Effective Decisions

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Use of a range of hand toolsTree Planting

Benefits

Alongside your salary of �24,323, Forestry Commission contributes �6,260 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Learning and development tailored to your roleAn environment with flexible working optionsA culture encouraging inclusion and diversityA with an average employer contribution of 27%