Water and firewood collectors collect water and firewood and transport them on foot or using hand or animal carts.
Skill level:
Unskilled
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- Salary range for the majority of workers in Water and firewood collectors - from $1,581 to $5,343 per month - 2024.
- A Water and firewood collectors typically earns between $1,581 and $3,739 gross per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between $1,658 and $4,187 per month for a working week of 40 hours.
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Tasks and duties
- Cutting and collecting wood from forests for sale in market or as fuel or for own consumption
- Visiting forests or fields to pick pieces of dried wood from the ground and arranging them in heaps
- Cutting decayed branches and trunks of trees using axes and hand-saws
- Tying collected wood into small faggots and carrying them or transporting them on a cart to the market for sale or to villages or households for use
- Drawing water from wells, rivers or ponds, etc. For domestic use
- Collecting water in leather bags, buckets or other containers from taps, rivers, ponds or wells, and delivering the water to work sites, the houses of clients or to own household for drinking, cleaning of drains or storage in tanks
