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Career: Logging Equipment Operators
Job Description
Drive logging tractor or wheeled vehicle equipped with one or more accessories, such as bulldozer blade, frontal shear, grapple, logging arch, cable winches, hoisting rack, or crane boom, to fell tree; to skid, load, unload, or stack logs; or to pull stumps or clear brush.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
100
|
Inspect equipment for safety prior to use, and perform necessary basic maintenance tasks. |
85
|
Drive 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. |
83
|
Drive crawler or wheeled tractors to drag or transport logs from felling sites to log landing areas for processing and loading. |
70
|
Drive tractors for the purpose of building or repairing logging and skid roads. |
66
|
Grade logs according to characteristics such as knot size and straightness, and according to established industry or company standards. |
64
|
Control hydraulic tractors equipped with tree clamps and booms to lift, swing, and bunch sheared trees. |
63
|
Drive and maneuver tractors and tree harvesters to shear the tops off of trees, cut and limb the trees, and then cut the logs into desired lengths. |
38
|
Fill out required job or shift report forms. |
29
|
Calculate total board feet, cordage, or other wood measurement units, using conversion tables. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
69
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
63
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
58
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
58
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
54
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
53
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
52
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
50
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
49
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
48
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
44
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
44
|
Getting Information
|
44
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
42
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
40
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
40
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
37
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
37
|
Processing Information
|
37
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
37
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
37
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
37
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
36
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
35
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
35
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
34
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
33
|
Thinking Creatively
|
33
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
33
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
32
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
32
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
31
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
28
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|
28
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
27
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
27
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
23
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
20
|
Interacting With Computers
|
20
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
19
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
18
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|