Tractor Operator
Location: Halesworth
The Role
Working as part of an established estate team, your primary responsibility will be operating a forestry tractor with timber crane to extract timber from woodland and timber stacks.
Duties will include:
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Forwarding and extracting timber from woodland areas
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Grading timber into appropriate categories (milling, firewood, chippable) using your own judgement and experience
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Loading and transporting timber
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Supporting wider estate operations, including:
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Loading and transporting woodchip
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Power harrowing
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Low-loader towing
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Operating modern tractors and telehandlers
You must have proven experience operating Valtra tractors (or equivalent) and telehandlers.
What You’ll Need
Essential:
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Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar forestry, agricultural, or estate-based role
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Experience operating modern Valtra or Massey Ferguson tractors
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Confident fitting and removing equipment and attachments
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Ability to change PTO shafts (540 / 1000)
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Telehandler ticket (LANTRA or NPORS)
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Experience changing buckets, bucket brushes, and tines
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Ability to reverse trailers into tight spaces
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Clear and concise communication skills
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Physically fit and comfortable working outdoors in all weather conditions
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Full UK driving licence and own transport
Desirable (not essential):
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Forestry forwarding or timber extraction experience
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Experience using attachments such as power harrows, cultivators, graders, rollers, flail or rotary toppers
Apply now to Anglian Recruitment - (phone number removed)