Irving Woodlands revamps tree planting program to improve conditions, pay for tree planters; planters will earn more and will work three days on and one day off during spring planting season across both community- and camp-based crews

Irving Woodlands is very proud of its tree planters and their hard work, which is why this year, the tree planting program has been revamped in order to do better every day: for the future forest, the economy and the community.

What’s changed? Read more to find out:

Crew structure and work schedule:

Each crew will consist of one crew foreman/crew boss, one tree care operations assistant and six tree planters. The crews will work three days on and one day off for the season. Our spring plant consists of 55+ days from May to July and our fall plant is 35+ days from August to September, for a full season of April to September. The current structure for the crews include a mix of community-based crews and camp-based crews. Community-based crews will return to their homes each night, and planting locations for these crews are in the areas of Fredericton, Sussex, Saint George, Saint john, Moncton and the Kennebecasis Valley. For camp-based crews, accommodations and meals for tree care operations assistants and crew foremen/crew bosses are free. For tree planters, they are $25 per day.

We take pride in offering first-class camp accommodations, with private and semi-private rooms, common areas, personal and shared bathrooms, professional chefs and dining halls, wifi, games rooms/common areas, laundry and much more!

Remuneration:

Each planter will be paid for their individual production by the number of seedlings they plant each day, at $0.12 per tree. Tree care positions start at $225 per day and crew foremen/crew bosses up to $275 per day (plus what you plant). These figures are dependent on prior experience.

Impact:

Since 1957, with the help of a dedicated summer team, J.D. Irving, Limited has planted one billion trees and counting. As a result of nearly 45 years of tree improvement efforts, planted seedlings are growing 15-25% faster and have better natural traits such as pest resistance and straightness. Faster-growing trees also means a reduction in operating footprint and business impact on the environment. The working forest helps mitigate climate change in many ways by removing CO2 from the air and providing long-term carbon storage in wood products like lumber. We’re proud to have a vigorous, healthy working forest that’s good for the economy, the environment, and sustainability.

Irving Woodlands looks forward to welcoming this season’s tree planters as they work and play on the beautiful east coast. Interested in applying? Click the link here: https://bit.ly/3SO9dNI or send your resume to treeplanters@jdirving.com.