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Logging Equipment Operators - 45-4022.00

O*NET-SOC 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.

Sample of Reported Job Titles

  • Skidder Operator
  • Loader Operator
  • Logging Equipment Operator
  • Skidder Driver
  • Logging Shovel Operator
  • Feller Buncher Operator
  • Log Processor Operator
  • Cutter Operator
  • Delimber Operator
  • Grapple Skidder Operator

SOC Occupation Groups

45-0000 Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations
45-4000 Forest, Conservation, and Logging Workers
45-4020 Logging Workers
45-4022.00 Logging Equipment Operators

Related Occupations

Tasks

  • Calculate total board feet, cordage, or other wood measurement units, using conversion tables.
  • Control hydraulic tractors equipped with tree clamps and booms to lift, swing, and bunch sheared trees.
  • 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.
  • Drive crawler or wheeled tractors to drag or transport logs from felling sites to log landing areas for processing and loading.
  • 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.
  • Drive tractors for the purpose of building or repairing logging and skid roads.
  • Fill out required job or shift report forms.
  • Grade logs according to characteristics such as knot size and straightness, and according to established industry or company standards.
  • Inspect equipment for safety prior to use, and perform necessary basic maintenance tasks.

Detailed Work Activities

  • fasten attachments or accessories to tractor
  • fell or buck trees
  • grade or redistribute earth for roads or other construction
  • load, unload, or stack containers, materials, or products
  • move or fit heavy objects
  • operate material moving, loading, or unloading equipment
  • operate tractor with accessories or attachments
  • perform safety inspections in agricultural, forestry, or fishing setting
  • set up specialized rigging
  • signal directions or warnings to coworkers
  • use chain saws
  • use fire suppression equipment
  • use log handling tools or equipment
  • use two-way radio or mobile phone

Military Crosswalk Titles

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Apprenticeship Crosswalk Titles

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DOT Crosswalk Titles

  • Logging-Tractor Operator
  • Tree-Shear Operator