Forestry/woodland work, day rates?

[Andy Collins]

I'm just trying to suss out an acceptable day rate for woodland work for a typical 8hr day, for a) student/beginner level, and b) seasoned worker. I can supply saws and fuel, so this pay would be labour only. I have a figure in my head that I'd like to pay people, but with tighter (much) margins on woodland work, I need to ensure cost are covered. I dont want to shaft anyone, so fair replies please.

[dillsue]

Not sure if its relevant in your area but I did some free felling work in north wales this time last year to get some experience and the lad I was working with was getting 7.50 an hour self employed and supplying saw, PPE and fuel. Dont suppose rates have gone up since then.

 

I'm not sure if thats the going rate but I was well suprised it was that low!!

[Highland Forestry]

£65-£70 a day if you are providing saws/fuel etc for a beginner/less experienced and £85-£90 for a seasoned worked I would say Andy... or thereabouts.

 

 

Depends on the work though.... if it's day rate cutting then it's not so bad as you simply have a margin you work to in your pric for the job/day rate for the job but we often have to work on a piece rate which works out best for everybody, and I prefer to be on a price per ton as the lads get paid for what they produce and not for time spent blethering or drinking tea.

[treefeller]

7.50 an hour ,self employed and supplying own kit etc.not worth getting out of bed fore! imo.

[alex_m]

when i just came out of college, i was on £50 a day for forestry work, using the companies equipment (my own ppe)

the company i worked for pays £10 per tonne to workers i think. (and we were averaging about 7 tonnes a day each)

Edited January 4, 2010 by alex_m

[Joy Yeomans]

£65-£70 a day if you are providing saws/fuel etc for a beginner/less experienced and £85-£90 for a seasoned worked I would say Andy... or thereabouts.

 

 

Depends on the work though.... if it's day rate cutting then it's not so bad as you simply have a margin you work to in your pric for the job/day rate for the job but we often have to work on a piece rate which works out best for everybody, and I prefer to be on a price per ton as the lads get paid for what they produce and not for time spent blethering or drinking tea.

 

ditto

 

what work would they be doing? whats your budget? work back from that?

[Andy Collins]

£65-£70 a day if you are providing saws/fuel etc for a beginner/less experienced and £85-£90 for a seasoned worked I would say Andy... or thereabouts.

 

 

Sounds fair to me:thumbup1: beginner to me is someone i have to nursemaid through the day, which can cost a lot of time, but I like to give beginners a foot on the ladder now and again.

So at 7tonne a day, 10quid a tonne, = 70quid. Hmmm lower than the figure in my head. Time to number crunch again.

[Steve Bullman]

sorry, but its going to be a rare lad who is worth that as a beginner IMO......chances are hes going to be blunting the saw most of the day and you're either going to have to be constantly stopping what you're doing to sharpen his saw, or else letting him do it painfully slowly and still have a below par saw at the end of it.

[Doug Blease]

10 tonnes of what Andy? If its Ash re-gen, you will have to go like hellfire to cut and stack ten tonnes.

 

Beech thinnings? 10 tonnes is more realistic.

 

Why not measure out forestry chains and pay them per chain thinned/cleared plus a few quid per cord of wood stacked?

[skyhuck]

So at 7tonne a day, 10quid a tonne, = 70quid. Hmmm lower than the figure in my head. Time to number crunch again.

 

7 tonne a day don't sound much????????