Logging Equipment Operators

A typical week, in the words of people in the job

1. 01Calculate total board feet, cordage, or other wood measurement units, using conversion tables.
2. 02Control hydraulic tractors equipped with tree clamps and booms to lift, swing, and bunch sheared trees.
3. 03Grade logs according to characteristics such as knot size and straightness, and according to established industry or company standards.
4. 04Drive straight or articulated tractors equipped with accessories such as bulldozer blades, grapples, logging arches, cable winches, and crane booms to skid, load, unload, or stack logs, pull stumps, or clear brush.
5. 05Drive crawler or wheeled tractors to drag or transport logs from felling sites to log landing areas for processing and loading.
6. 06Drive tractors for building or repairing logging and skid roads.
7. 07Inspect equipment for safety prior to use, and perform necessary basic maintenance tasks.
8. 08Fill out required job or shift report forms.
9. 09Drive and maneuver tractors and tree harvesters to shear the tops off of trees, cut and limb the trees, and cut the logs into desired lengths.

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