How do they match: Fallers

  • Chain Saw Operator
  • Cutter Operator
  • Skidder Operator

  • Load logs or wood onto trucks, trailers, or railroad cars, by hand or using loaders or winches.
  • Secure steel cables or chains to logs for dragging by tractors or for pulling by cable yarding systems.
  • Stop saw engines, pull cutting bars from cuts, and run to safety as tree falls.
  • Work as a member of a team, rotating between chain saw operation and skidder operation.

  • Operate forestry equipment.