Careers in Farming, Fishing, and Forestry

Fallers

Farming, Fishing, and Forestry

Use axes or chainsaws to fell trees using knowledge of tree characteristics and cutting techniques to control direction of fall and minimize tree damage.

May require a Matric Certificate

Logging Equipment Operators

Farming, Fishing, and Forestry

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.

May require a Matric Certificate

Log Graders and Scalers

Farming, Fishing, and Forestry

Grade logs or estimate the marketable content or value of logs or pulpwood in sorting yards, millpond, log deck, or similar locations. Inspect logs for defects or measure logs to determine volume.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Logging Workers, All Other

Farming, Fishing, and Forestry

All logging workers not listed separately.

No requirement is specified