Will “Skidder Operator” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
79% Chance of Automation
“Skidder Operator” will probably be replaced by robots.
This job is ranked #437 out of #702. A higher ranking (i.e., a lower number) means the job is less likely to be replaced.
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Job Description
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.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 45-4022.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 38,880.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 18.00
- Currently, there are 27,250 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Logging Equipment Operators”.
Also Known As…
- Logging Equipment Operators
- Skidder Driver
- Logging Shovel Operator
- Logging Equipment Operator
- Log Processor Operator
- Loader Operator
- Grapple Skidder Operator
- Feller Buncher Operator
- Delimber Operator
- Cutter Operator
- Yarder Operator
- Truck Driver
- Tree-Shear Operator
- Tree Shear Operator
- Tree Feller Operator
- Tree Cutter Loader Operator
- Tractor Driver
- Timber Harvester Operator
- Stroke Delimber Operator
- Slasher Operator
- Skidder Operator
- Shovel Logger
- Shift Stacker
- Processor Operator
- Mobile Heavy Equipment Operator
- Machine Operator
- Lumber Stacker Operator
- Lumber Stacker Driver
- Lumber Carrier Operator
- Logging Tractor Operator
- Logging Crane Operator
- Logger
- Log Truck Driver
- Log Stacker Operator
- Log Loader
- Log Hauler
- Log Handling Equipment Operator
- Log Carrier Operator
- Hook Tender
- Harvester Operator
- Grapple Operator
- Forder Operator
- Feller Operator
- Chipper Operator
- Chain Saw Operator
- Chain Hooker
- Buncher Operator
- Boom Operator
Tasks for “Skidder Operator”
- 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.
- Control hydraulic tractors equipped with tree clamps and booms to lift, swing, and bunch sheared trees.
- Drive crawler or wheeled tractors to drag or transport logs from felling sites to log landing areas for processing and loading.
- Inspect equipment for safety prior to use, and perform necessary basic maintenance tasks.
- Drive tractors for the purpose of building or repairing logging and skid roads.
- Fill out required job or shift report forms.
- Calculate total board feet, cordage, or other wood measurement units, using conversion tables.
- Grade logs according to characteristics such as knot size and straightness, and according to established industry or company standards.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Pocket knives
- Tractor cranes
- Processing heads
- Wheeled harvesters
- Cable skidders
- Grapple yarders
- Loggers' tapes
- Forestry swing machines
- Forestry crawler dozers
- Log transport trucks
- Forestry hoes
- Mobile radios
- Drive-to-tree feller bunchers
- Log forks
- Grapple skidders
- Protective safety glasses
- Tablet computers
- Forwarders
- Log winches
- Log trailers
- Harvesting heads
- Delimbers
- Nailing hammers
- Truck mounted boom loaders
- Desktop computers
- Tracked feller bunchers
- Knuckleboom loaders
- Tree saws
- Loading grapples
- Log stackers
- Felling heads
- Scarifier attachments
- Heavy duty chainsaws
- Yarding grapples
- Equipment trailers
- Tracked harvesters
- Log loaders
- Digital tire pressure gauges
- TradeTec TallyWorks Logs
- TradeTec TallyWorks TimeTracker
- BCS Woodlands Systems The Logger Tracker