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| 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 seeds from local native plants
• propagate local native plants
• replant native trees, shrubs, grasses and wildflowers
• take part in pest (e.g. rabbit) 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.
There are frequently used herbicides and equipment to prune trees and remove debris.
Much of the work is quite strenuous and involves a lot of bending and working at ground level. It is an outdoor job and workers are exposed to the elements.
Landcare workers may specialise as a:
Bushland Regenerator - 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 minimizing the harmful effects of human activity on the environment.
Personal Requirements:
• able to perform physical outdoor work
• value the preservation of natural bushland
• good attention to detail
• able to work as part of a team.
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