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Logging Equipment Operators

$46.4K Median Salary 5.1K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 8.4% Job Growth

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About This Career

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. Includes operating stand-alone logging machines, such as log chippers.

Reported Job Titles

Delimber Operator, Feller Buncher Operator, Harvester Operator, Loader Operator, Log Processor Operator, Logging Equipment Operator, Logging Shovel Operator, Skidder Driver, Skidder Operator, Yarder Operator

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Abilities

Control Precision

Reaction Time

Arm-Hand Steadiness

Multilimb Coordination

Depth Perception

Far Vision

Problem Sensitivity

Rate Control

Response Orientation

Near Vision

Manual Dexterity

Perceptual Speed

Visual Color Discrimination

Visualization

Category Flexibility

Finger Dexterity

Information Ordering

Oral Comprehension

Oral Expression

Selective Attention

Spatial Orientation

Trunk Strength

Knowledge

Mechanical

Public Safety and Security

Production and Processing

Skills

Operation and Control

Operations Monitoring

Equipment Maintenance

Active Listening

Monitoring

Quality Control Analysis

Troubleshooting

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet software

Electronic mail software

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

Office suite software

Word processing software

Human resources software

Data base user interface and query software

Inventory management software

Tools

Lumbering equipment

Flatbed trailers

Forestry skidders

Grapples

Two way radios

Measuring tapes

Cargo trucks

Winches

Articulating boom lift

Treedozers

Forestry saws

Scarifiers

Conventional truck cranes

Tire pressure gauge

Stackers

Chain saw

Hoes

Safety glasses

Claw hammer

Pocket knives

Desktop computers

Tablet computers

Abilities

Control Precision: The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
Reaction Time: The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.
Arm-Hand Steadiness: The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
Multilimb Coordination: The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
Depth Perception: The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.
Far Vision: The ability to see details at a distance.
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Rate Control: The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.
Response Orientation: The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part.
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Manual Dexterity: The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Perceptual Speed: The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
Visual Color Discrimination: The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
Visualization: The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Finger Dexterity: The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
Spatial Orientation: The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you.
Trunk Strength: The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing.

Knowledge

Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

Skills

Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
Operations Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Equipment Maintenance: Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Quality Control Analysis: Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
Troubleshooting: Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Enterprise resource planning ERP software: Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne; Oracle PeopleSoft; Oracle PeopleSoft Financials; SAP software
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Human resources software: ADP Workforce Now
Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Inventory management software: Assisi Software Assisi Inventory

Tools

Lumbering equipment: Chain flail delimbers; Grapple yarders; Self-loading log transporters; Tower yarders
Flatbed trailers: Utility trailers
Forestry skidders: Log skidders; Rubber tire skidders
Grapples: Timber tongs
Two way radios:
Measuring tapes: Precision tape measures
Cargo trucks: Logging trucks
Winches: Hand winches
Articulating boom lift: Cherry pickers
Treedozers: Forestry crawler dozers
Forestry saws: Crosscut saws; Head saws
Scarifiers:
Conventional truck cranes: Forwarder cranes
Tire pressure gauge: Tire pressure gauges
Stackers: Sheet stackers
Chain saw: Underwater chainsaws
Hoes: Mortar hoes
Safety glasses: Protective safety glasses
Claw hammer: Claw hammers
Pocket knives: Folding knives
Desktop computers:
Tablet computers:

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