Job description Forwarder Operator - Logging in the Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River Region

Find out what work is like for a forwarder operator - logging in Canada. This work description is applicable to all Logging machinery operators (NOC 83110).

Logging machinery operators

Description

Logging machinery operators operate cable yarding systems, mechanical harvesters and forwarders and mechanical tree processors and loaders to fell, yard and process trees at logging sites. They are employed by logging companies and contractors.

Work week duration

Logging machinery operators usually work more than 40 hours per week.
More than 40 hours

Job duties

Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Logging machinery operators have to perform, and some of the physical demands they involve:

  • Cable yarding system operators
  • Operate machines to transport trees from logging areas to landing or log loading sites in mountainous terrain in western Canada.
  • Mechanical harvester and forwarder operators
  • Assess site and terrain and drive heavy equipment to perform a combination of felling, slashing, bucking, bunching and forwarding operations at logging areas.
  • Mechanical tree processor and loader operators
  • Operate a variety of machines which perform a combination of slashing, bucking, chipping, sorting and loading logs or trees at landing sites.

Physical demands Help - Physical Demands

  • Handling material manually
  • Making repetitive motions
  • Sitting

Physical demands

Physical demands are the physical activities that the job requires the worker to do. Physical demands are selected according to the likeliness that workers will have to perform them for at least half of the time they spend at work.

Workplaces and employers

Here are the typical workplaces where Logging machinery operators are employed and some of their main characteristics:

  • Logging contractors
  • Logging companies

Work environment Help - Physical Work Environment

  • Standard safety equipment
  • Vibration
  • In an enclosed vehicle or equipment
  • Sound and noise
  • Skin injury
  • Outside, exposed to weather
  • In an open vehicle or equipment
  • Dangerous chemical substances
  • Hazardous equipment, machinery, tools

Work environment

The work environment refers to the physical setting in which people work. The characteristics and conditions of the work environment are selected according to the likeliness that workers will be exposed to them at least once a week.

Physical proximity from others

Physical proximity from others refers to the physical distance between individuals in the workplace. The likeliness that the job requires to perform tasks while being physically close to other people is rated on a scale with 3 levels: "Somewhat close", "Close" and "Very close".

Related job titles

Here are some other related job titles that are found in the same occupational category (NOC 83110), and a list of similar occupations:

  • chipping machine operator
  • delimber operator
  • feller buncher operator
  • feller forwarder operator
  • grapple operator - logging
  • linehorse operator
  • loader operator - logging
  • log processor operator
  • rigging slinger - logging
  • shortwood harvester operator
  • slasher operator - logging
  • steel spar operator - logging
  • treelength forwarder operator
  • yarder operator - logging

Similar occupations Help - Similar occupations

Similar occupations

This section lists other occupations that are part of the same broad occupational category as Logging machinery operators in the National Occupational Classification (NOC). These occupations involve similar core qualifications but involve different responsibilities. To see more similar occupations, use the Job Transition Tool.

Sources Occupational and Skills Information System & National Occupational Classification

Labour Market Information Survey
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