How do they match: Fallers

  • Chain Saw Operator
  • Cutter Operator
  • Skidder Operator

  • Work as a member of a team, rotating between chain saw operation and skidder operation.
  • Clear brush from work areas and escape routes, and cut saplings and other trees from direction of falls, using axes, chainsaws, or bulldozers.
  • Control the direction of a tree's fall by scoring cutting lines with axes, sawing undercuts along scored lines with chainsaws, knocking slabs from cuts with single-bit axes, and driving wedges.
  • Select trees to be cut down, assessing factors such as site, terrain, and weather conditions before beginning work.

  • Operate forestry equipment.
  • Load agricultural or forestry products for shipment.
  • Mark agricultural or forestry products for identification.
  • Measure physical characteristics of forestry or agricultural products.