Logging machinery operators

Example 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

• This group performs some or all of the following duties:
• Cable yarding system operators
• Operate machines to transport trees from logging areas to landing or log loading sites in mountainous terrain in western Canada.
• Mechanical harvester and forwarder operators
• Assess site and terrain and drive heavy equipment to perform a combination of felling, slashing, bucking, bunching and forwarding operations at logging areas.
• Mechanical tree processor and loader operators
• Operate a variety of machines which perform a combination of slashing, bucking, chipping, sorting and loading logs or trees at landing sites.

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school may be required.
• On-the-job training from three to 16 months is provided, depending on the complexity of machinery operated and the type of woodlands operation.
• Experience requirements vary depending on the complexity of machinery operated.
• Mechanical harvester and forwarder operators may require logging experience as a chain saw and skidder operator.
• Feller buncher operators and cable yarder operators usually require three to five years of logging experience.
• Mechanical tree processor and loader operators usually require one to three years of logging experience.
• Certification as a heavy equipment operator may be required.
• Company certification for mobile logging machinery operation may be required.

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