cable yarding operator
Education:
No degree, certificate or diploma.
Work site environment:
Outdoors.
Work setting:
Staff accommodation provided.
Tasks:
- Assess site and terrain before operations.
- Drive heavy equipment to perform a combination of felling, slashing, bucking, bunching and forwarding operations.
- Operate a variety of machines which perform a combination of slashing, bucking, chipping, sorting and loading logs or trees.
- Operate machines to transport trees from logging areas to landing or log loading sites in mountainous terrain.
- Assist other logging workers.
Type of logging:
Selective cutting.
Equipment and machinery experience:
- Feller forwarder.
- Log processor.
- Shortwood harvester.
Transportation/travel information:
- Valid driver's licence.
- Own vehicle.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Manual dexterity.
- Attention to detail.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Large workload.
Personal suitability:
- Accurate.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Team player.
Screening questions:
Do you have experience working in this field?.
Experience:
2 years to less than 3 years.
Employment terms options:
- Night.
- To be determined.
- Day.
- Weekend.
Financial benefits:
Mileage paid.
Other benefits:
- On-site housing options.
- Team building opportunities.