Plantation Officer
Also known as: Farm Forestry Officer · Plantation Executive
Runs tree nurseries and plantations for paper, wood or carbon projects, often with farmers.
Starting salary: not added yet.
What you’d do
A plantation officer raises tree seedlings and manages plantations. Many work for paper and wood-based companies that grow trees with farmers, or for carbon, agroforestry and restoration projects. Days are spent in nurseries, on plantation sites and visiting farmers.
- Raise seedlings and clones in nurseries
- Plan and supervise plantation work
- Support farmers who grow trees
- Track survival, growth and records
How you get in
Freshers usually join a paper or wood-based company, an agroforestry project or an NGO as a field or plantation trainee. Nursery and field training from the degree is directly useful.
Salary in India
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Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Nursery management and clonal propagation
- Plantation planning and site preparation
- Working with farmers and field staff
- Survival and growth monitoring
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition
How many graduates enter each year?
Not added yet.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
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Women in the field
Is it diverse?
Not added yet.
At a glance
- The work is outdoors and travel-heavy.
- It can lead to plantation manager or raw-material manager roles.
- Experience overlaps with agroforestry, carbon-project and NGO work.
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