Description

Logging machinery operators operate cable yarding systems, mechanical harvesters and forwarders and mechanical tree processors and loaders to fell, yard and process trees at logging sites. They are employed by logging companies and contractors.

Job Titles

• Chipping machine operator
• Delimber operator
• Feller buncher operator
• Feller forwarder operator
• Grapple operator – logging
• Linehorse operator
• Loader operator – logging
• Log processor operator
• Rigging slinger – logging
• Shortwood harvester operator
• Slasher operator – logging
• Steel spar operator – logging
• Treelength forwarder operator
• Yarder operator – logging

Main Duties

• Operate machines to transport trees from logging areas to landing or log loading sites in mountainous terrain in western Canada.
• Assess site and terrain and drive heavy equipment to perform a combination of felling, slashing, bucking, bunching and forwarding operations at logging areas.
• Operate a variety of machines which perform a combination of slashing, bucking, chipping, sorting and loading logs or trees at landing sites.

Workplaces

• Logging companies
• Logging contractors

Skills

• Operation and Control
• Operation Monitoring of Machinery and Equipment
• Troubleshooting
• Equipment and Tool Selection
• Preventative Maintenance

Abilities

• Control of Settings
• Depth Perception
• Multi-Limb Coordination
• Multi-Signal Response
• Peripheral Vision

Personal Attributes

• Independence
• Stress Tolerance
• Adaptability
• Attention to Detail
• Collaboration

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Source: OaSIS