LANGUAGES

English

EDUCATION

- Other trades certificate or diploma

EXPERIENCE

3 years to less than 5 years

ON SITE

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

WORK SITE ENVIRONMENT

- Outdoors
- Dangerous
- Noisy
- Dusty

WORK SETTING

- Rural area
- Remote location
- Willing to relocate

RESPONSIBILITIES

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
- Remove debris from logging site landing area

EXPERIENCE AND SPECIALIZATION

TYPE OF HARVESTING

- Pulpwood harvesting
- Saw log harvesting
- Logs and poles

TYPE OF LOGGING

- Clear cutting (patch logging)




- Selective cutting

EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY EXPERIENCE

- Chipping machine
- Log processor
- Shortwood harvester
- Treelength forwarder

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL INFORMATION

- Valid driver's licence
- Own vehicle
- Travel expenses paid by employer

WORK CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES

- Ability to work independently
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Large workload

WEIGHT HANDLING

- More than 45 kg (100 lbs)

PERSONAL SUITABILITY

- Accurate
- Excellent oral communication
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player

BENEFITS

HEALTH ADVANTAGES

- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan

FINANCIAL BENEFITS

- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance

📌 Mechanical harvester operator (Canada)
🏢 Freya Logging
📍 Canada