Title: Forestry Laborer
Term: Temporary Employment from November 9th - 27th
Hourly Pay: $26/hour
Schedule: 7-hour shifts Monday to Friday
Location: Copper Haul Road, Whitehorse
Lumberfolk Forest Consultants is seeking a Forestry Laborer to join their team The position is temporary employment from November 9 - November 27. The Laborer will be responsible for working with a team to burn piles of debris. This work is the final step in helping to create a fuel break from potential oncoming wildland fire and to create a staging area for tactical defense in the event of an approaching wildland fire.

Duties

Role and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Onboarding
- Implementing daily safety talks and safety plans
- Using a propane torch to start fires
- Tending fires to ensure full combustion
- Ensuring fires remain in control and away from nearby trees

About Lumberfolk

Lumberfolk Forest Consultants Ltd. was founded in 2024. Lumberfolk provide forest management and land use planning services within all forest types across Canada. The company works with landowners to develop and design land use plans that meet their environmental,



social, and economic goals and objectives. Lumberfolk have experience designing inventories and methodologies for data collection, summarizing results and mapping for operational planning, analyzing scenarios, reporting on assumptions, limitations, risks and sensitives, developing monitoring plans, and making recommendations. Services also include timber harvesting, block layout, reconnaissance, timber cruising, forest inventory data collection, silviculture surveys, and field trainings. Based out of Whitehorse, YT, the Lumberfolk team is looking for a laborer to work Monday - Friday for the month of November to help complete a fire smart prescription in Whitehorse.

Qualifications

Desired qualifications for this position include:

- Robust communication skills and experience working in a team environment
- Experience starting fires
- Experience working outdoors in cold temperatures
- Knowledge of the outdoors in the Yukon Territory
- Standard First Aid is considered an asset

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