List of Career Duties Under Logging Business Sector

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Harvest timber trees, performing combination of following tasks
Fell trees in specified direction, removes limbs and top and measures cuts tree into log lengths, using chain saw, wedges and ax
Secure cables to logs drives tractor or horses to skid logs to landing
Load logs onto trucks by hand or using winch
May drive truck to haul logs to mill.

Direct placement of logs brought to landing by high lead rig or tractor unhooks chokers from logs
Hand signals Yarding Engineer logging or Logging-Tractor Operator forestry, logging, saw. plan. where to drop logs on landing for reloading onto logging trucks
Pull end of choker from bell sliding fastener on choker cable to open noose
Signal operator to pull choker free of logs
Cuts knots and limbs from logs, using ax chain saw
Attach equipment, like chokers, lines, blocks, and fire equipment, to outbound rigging as indicated by whistle signals from Rigging Slinger logging
May mark logs [Log Marker logging ]
May be designated Cat Chaser logging in tractor logging operations or Water Chaser logging when working on floating logs.

Fasten choker cables around logs for yarding from cutting area to landing
Pull choker cables from tractor winch or main-line of yarding machine, passes ball one end under around log and secures end to bell sliding fastener to form noose
May clear brush & earth from under log, using ax shovel
May assist Rigging Slinger logging in installing dismantling rigging of high lead or similar yarding system
May be designated Cat Hooker logging in tractor yarding.

Drive operates logging tractor equipped with frontal hydraulic shear to fell trees
Maneuver tractor to position jaws of shear around tree bole and activates shear to cut fell tree
May control hydraulic tree clamp & boom to lift, swing and bunch sheared trees be designated Feller-Buncher Operator logging .

Supervise coordinates activities of workers engaged in felling trees, trimming off limbs, and sawing felled trees into logs
Specify log lengths to be cut, trees to be left, stump height and cutting sequence
Train workers in felling & bucking techniques safety practices
Give instructions to workers in felling trees with unusual or dangerous characteristics
May supervise Tree-Shear Operators logging
Perform other duties as described under Supervisor any industry Master Title.

Operate heel-boom log loader equipped with cable, hydraulic, or pneumatically controlled grapples to load logs onto log trucks
Select logs to be loaded according to specie and size required to attain balanced compact load
May be designated according to type of machine operated as Shovel-Loader Operator logging .

Operate heel-boom log loader equipped with cable, hydraulic, or pneumatically controlled grapples to load logs onto log trucks
Select logs to be loaded according to specie and size required to attain balanced compact load
May be designated according to type of machine operated as Shovel-Loader Operator logging .

Operate trailer-mounted grapple-loader and chipping machine to reduce logs logging waste to wood chips
Control loading boom and power-grapple attachment to pick up logs place them on feed conveyor
Adjust speed opening of feed rolls according to log diameter and activates feed rolls that pushes log through chipper unit
Monitor gauges and adjusts speed opening of feed rolls to prevent equipment strain
Replace defective chipping knives, using wrenches feeler gauges
May control opening of debarking spuds tined rotating drums that remove bark from log before chipping.

Drive truck, equipped with long-tongued trailer, to haul logs from forest to mill or storage yard
Maneuver truck into loading position according to signals from loading crew
Fasten chain or cable binders around logs to secure load on trailer during transit
May release binders start power hoist to dump logs
May assist in loading unloading logs, using crane hook or cant hook
May raise empty trailer to carrying position on truck bed, using hoist, for deadhead empty trip to forest
May steer trailer from cab attached to rear end of log trailer be designated Trailer Steerer logging .

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