45-4022.00 · Task explorer
Logging Equipment Operators: reported tasks and exploration worksheet
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.
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This source lists 9 tasks, including 7 marked Core and 2 marked Supplemental. Labels and dates are retained below. Employers can combine or divide these responsibilities differently; explore the task itself before assuming it belongs in every version of the role.
Task source dates: 07/2017.
9 tasks shown
Core · Task 9802 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Inspect equipment for safety prior to use, and perform necessary basic maintenance tasks.
Core · Task 9807 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Control hydraulic tractors equipped with tree clamps and booms to lift, swing, and bunch sheared trees.
Core · Task 9806 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Grade logs according to characteristics such as knot size and straightness, and according to established industry or company standards.
Core · Task 9803 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Drive straight or articulated tractors equipped with accessories such as bulldozer blades, grapples, logging arches, cable winches, and crane booms to skid, load, unload, or stack logs, pull stumps, or clear brush.
Core · Task 9804 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Drive crawler or wheeled tractors to drag or transport logs from felling sites to log landing areas for processing and loading.
Core · Task 9809 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Fill out required job or shift report forms.
Core · Task 9805 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Drive tractors for building or repairing logging and skid roads.
Supplemental · Task 9808 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
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.
Supplemental · Task 9810 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Calculate total board feet, cordage, or other wood measurement units, using conversion tables.
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