How to become a Forestry Labourer
Official title: Forestry Labourers
Forestry labourers carry out simple and routine manual work in forests and plantations.
Main tasks
- Prepare land, dig planting holes, weed and transplant trees
- Trim, stack, load and unload felled timber and bamboo
- Collect seeds, harvest forest by-products and help raise tree seedlings
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Demand for Agriculture, forestry and fishery jobs is projected at about 516,000 in 2024 and about 495,000 in 2030. (-4.1%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
Is a Forestry Labourer a growing career in Taiwan?
Demand for this job family is projected to change -4.1% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).
Will AI change the work of a Forestry Labourer?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026