Landcare Worker
Landcare workers perform a range of tasks to maintain and
restore native bushland and farmland.
A landcare worker may perform the following tasks:
- kill and remove weeds and unwanted vegetation using
minimal disturbance techniques or herbicides
- collect seed from local native plants
- propagate local native plants
- replant native trees, shrubs, grasses and wildflowers
- take part in pest (e.g. rabbits) eradication programs
- collect botanical and environmental data
- map vegetation
- construct and maintain tracks and facilities in bushland
- maintain equipment
- apply control measures to combat salinity.
Herbicides and equipment to prune trees and remove debris
are used frequently.
Much of the work is fairly strenuous and involves a lot of
bending and working at ground level. This is an outdoor job
and workers are exposed to the elements.
Landcare workers may specialise as a:
Bushland Regenerator who aims to restore disrupted
native bushland as closely as possible to its original,
undisturbed state.
Environmental Field Officer who applies appropriate
control measures to assist in protecting and minimising the
harmful effects of human activity on the environment.
Required Skills - Landcare Worker
- able to perform physical outdoor work
- interested in the preservation of natural bushland
- good attention to detail
- able to work as part of a team
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