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Tree Surgeon
Job holders in this unit group perform a variety of agricultural, practical conservation activities, and fishing tasks not elsewhere classified in MINOR GROUP 511: Agricultural and Related Trades.
Main Tasks
- nets river fish and feeds and maintains them in spawning pens, cultivates and harvests oysters, mussels and clams on natural and artificial beds, treats water and diseased fish, and empties and cleans outdoor tank
- navigates and maintains shipping vessels, assists with the shooting, hauling and repairing of fishing nets, prepares, lays and empties baited pots, and guts, sorts and stows fis
- establishes and maintains forest nurseries, forestry and woodland, and diagnoses and treats diseased tree
- patrols a designated area of the countryside to monitor damage, erosion, access to rights of way and the state of footpaths and other facilities, and carries out remedial maintenance work as necessar
- monitors and maintains the level of wildfowl on public and private estate
- manages areas of the countryside and the wider environment, carries out practical conservation activities and assists in promoting awareness of the natural environmen
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£31,200 average annual salary
The UK average salary is £28,758
44 average weekly hours
There are 37.5 hours in the average working week
10% female / 90% male
The UK workforce is 47% female and 53% male