Utility Arborist
Visa sponsorship
Trade · New Plymouth, New Zealand · Full-Time · $32 - $40/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored
If you have built your skills cutting and pruning trees, here is a chance to use them in New Zealand, kabayan. A national vegetation management company is hiring a Utility Arborist for its New Plymouth branch, with work spread around the Taranaki region.
Your job is to help keep the power on. You will check vegetation growing close to powerlines, map out and coordinate the clearing work, and team up with line crews, clients and property owners. A safety-minded attitude matters a lot here.
Shifts are 7am to 3:30pm, Monday to Friday, and you can take overtime if you like. The company also provides training and space to move up. Good news for overseas applicants too: it is an accredited employer, so it can sponsor you under the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV).
Prepare a strong English CV that lists your arboriculture training, your chainsaw and pole saw experience and the pruning jobs you have done, including your OFW years if you worked abroad. Create your English CV through Build AI CV and apply with confidence.
Key Responsibilities
- Check the condition of trees and plants near powerlines
- Map out vegetation management jobs and coordinate the crews
- Team up with line crews, clients and property owners
- Prune and cut using chainsaws, pole saws, chippers and hand tools
- Keep a safety-first mindset on every job site
- Help keep electrical infrastructure reliable through well-planned clearing
Requirements & Eligibility
- Arboriculture training at NZQA Level 3 or 4 (or an equivalent)
- Holder of at least a Class 1 licence
- At least 1 year of work experience
- Know-how in arboriculture, identifying trees and pruning
- Experience with chainsaws, pole saws, wood chippers and other hand tools
- Fit and ready for outdoor work in any weather and terrain; able to pass a drug and alcohol test and a medical
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