Logging Equipment Operators drive logging tractors or wheeled vehicles equipped with one or more accessories such as a bulldozer blade, frontal shear, grapple, logging arch, cable winches, hoisting rack, or crane boom to carry out logging operations.
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- Logging Equipment Operators
Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
What do they typically do
- Grade logs according to characteristics such as knot size and straightness and according to established industry or company standards
- Inspect equipment for safety before using it, and perform necessary basic maintenance tasks
- Fill out required job or shift report forms
- Drive tractors for the purpose of building or repairing logging and skid roads
- Drive and maneuver tractors and tree harvesters to shear the tops off of trees, cut and limb the trees, and 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
- Control hydraulic tractors equipped with tree clamps and booms to lift, swing, and bunch sheared trees
- Drive straight or articulated tractors equipped with accessories to skid, load, unload, or stack logs, pull stumps, or clear brush
Number of Jobs
Average Annual
Job Growth +0.6%
Job Openings 430
Education & Training
- Education Some may require a high school diploma or GED certificate.Associated Programs or MajorsLicense
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