forestry equipment operator
Forestry equipment operators carry out operations with specialised equipment in the forest to maintain, harvest, extract and forward wood for the manufacturing of consumer goods and industrial products.
Also called: mobile sawmill operator, woodcutter, woodland equipment operator, logging equipment operator, logger, chainsaw operator, woodman, lumberjack
- 20
- essential skills
- 26
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 8341
- ISCO-08 group
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8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- arboriculturist3 skills in common
- forest worker3 skills in common
- forestry machinery technician3 skills in common
- countryside officer2 skills in common
- forest ranger2 skills in common
- forester2 skills in common
- forestry inspector2 skills in common
- forestry technician2 skills in common
Essential skills
20- assess felled timber quality
- assess felled timber volume
- carry out routine maintenance of wood cutting machinery
- de-limb trees
- drive timber machine
- extract coppice
- fell trees
- identify trees to fell
- load timber onto a skidder
- maintain the security of machinery
- manage logs segregation and stacking
- minimise environmental impact on the surrounding area
- minimize risks in tree operations
- operate forestry machinery
- prepare emergency treework operations
- process arisings from treework operations
- process timber using hand-fed machinery
- reforestation
- select tree felling methods
- spray pesticides
Optional skills
26- advise on timber harvest
- advise on timber-based products
- agronomy
- attach protective attachments to timber piles
- comply with timber trade code of conduct
- drive agricultural machines
- forecast timber production
- forecast workload
- forest conservation
- forest ecology
- harvest timber
- improve timber stands
- inspect timber
- limit load to prevent damage
- maintain edged hand tools
- maintain forest inventory
- maintain forestry equipment
- operate GPS systems
- provide first aid
- report pollution incidents
- report to the team leader
- sharpen edged tools
- timber products
- use hand tools for forestry work
- use ICT systems
- work independently in forestry services
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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