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“Fallers” will probably be replaced by robots.
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Job Description
Use axes or chainsaws to fell trees using knowledge of tree characteristics and cutting techniques to control direction of fall and minimize tree damage.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 45-4021.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 42,900.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 20.00
- Currently, there are 5,370 people on this job
Also Known As…
- Tree Topper
- Tree Feller
- Tree Faller
- Timber Faller
- Timber Cutter
- Sawyer
- Logger
- Cutter Operator
- Utility Arborist
- Tree Cutter
- Timber Feller
- Skidder Operator
- Pulpwood Cutter
- Paper Wood Cutter
- Lumberman
- Lumberjack
- Hook Tender
- High Climber
- Hewer
- Grapple Crew Leader
- Feller Operator
- Feller Buncher Operator
- Dozer Operator
- Cross Cut Sawyer
- Choker Setter
- Chain Saw Operator
- Bucker
- Axman
- Arborist Representative
- Arborist Climber
- Arborist
- All-Round Logger
Tasks for “Fallers”
- Select trees to be cut down, assessing factors such as site, terrain, and weather conditions before beginning work.
- Saw back-cuts, leaving sufficient sound wood to control direction of fall.
- Trim off the tops and limbs of trees, using chainsaws, delimbers, or axes.
- Appraise trees for certain characteristics, such as twist, rot, and heavy limb growth, and gauge amount and direction of lean, to determine how to control the direction of a tree's fall with the least damage.
- Stop saw engines, pull cutting bars from cuts, and run to safety as tree falls.
- Maintain and repair chainsaws and other equipment, cleaning, oiling, and greasing equipment, and sharpening equipment properly.
- Work as a member of a team, rotating between chain saw operation and skidder operation.
- Tag unsafe trees with high-visibility ribbons.
- Insert jacks or drive wedges behind saws to prevent binding of saws and to start trees falling.
- 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.
- Determine position, direction, and depth of cuts to be made, and placement of wedges or jacks.
- Place supporting limbs or poles under felled trees to avoid splitting undersides, and to prevent logs from rolling.
- Clear brush from work areas and escape routes, and cut saplings and other trees from direction of falls, using axes, chainsaws, or bulldozers.
- Assess logs after cutting to ensure that the quality and length are correct.
- Split logs, using axes, wedges, and mauls, and stack wood in ricks or cord lots.
- 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.
- Measure felled trees and cut them into specified log lengths, using chain saws and axes.
- Mark logs for identification.
Related Technology & Tools
- Wide track bulldozers
- Log skidders
- Logging trucks
- Impact resonance devices
- Protective hard hats
- Skidding lines
- All terrain vehicles ATV
- Feller bunchers
- Caulk boots
- Guylines
- Gas cans
- Protective safety glasses
- Chain saws
- Tower yarders
- Warning whistles
- Protective ear muffs
- Portable dry chemical fire extinguishers
- Round files
- Timber tongs
- Laptop computers
- Wood chippers
- Stroke delimbers
- Chain flail delimbers
- Personal computers
- Hand winches
- Snow shovels
- Strawlines
- Logging boats
- Climbing belts
- Haulback lines
- Pocket calculators
- Hydraulic jacks
- Forwarder cranes
- Felling axes
- Sharpening jigs
- Auger bits
- Sonic devices
- Flat files
- Forestry helicopters
- Emergency first aid kits
- Resistographs
- Rubber tire skidders
- File sharpeners
- Self-loading log transporters
- Grapple yarders
- Logging tractors
- Tree climbing spikes
- Chain saw chaps
- Frequency modulation FM two way radios
- Combi cans
- Mechanical tree harvesters
- Digital tachometers
- Pullthrough delimbers
- Screnches
- Diameter tape measures
- Tuning screwdrivers
- Felling wedges
- Tablet computers
- Debarking tools
- Remote detonation systems
- Knuckleboom loaders
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Boom boats
- Skylines
- Microsoft Excel
- ESRI ArcView
- BCS Woodlands Software The Logger Tracker
- BCS Woodlands Software Woodlands Tracker
- Assisi Software Assisi Compiler
- Microsoft Office
- Assisi Software Assisi Resource
- Assisi Software Assisi Inventory
- Assisi Software Assisi Manager