First-Line Supervisors of Logging Workers
Description : Directly supervise and coordinate activities of logging workers.
JobTitles : Logging Crew Foreman, Forester, Logging Supervisor, Crew Leader, Feller Buncher Operator (FB Operator), Loader Operator Supervisor, Side Rod
Tasks:
- Monitor workers to ensure that safety regulations are followed, warning or disciplining those who violate safety regulations.
- Plan or schedule logging operations, such as felling or bucking trees or grading, sorting, yarding, or loading logs.
- Change logging operations or methods to eliminate unsafe conditions.
- Monitor logging operations to identify and solve problems, improve work methods, and ensure compliance with safety, company, and government regulations.
- Train workers in tree felling or bucking, operation of tractors or loading machines, yarding or loading techniques, or safety regulations.
- Determine logging operation methods, crew sizes, or equipment requirements, conferring with mill, company, or forestry officials as necessary.
- Assign to workers duties such as trees to be cut, cutting sequences and specifications, or loading of trucks, railcars, or rafts.
- Supervise or coordinate the activities of workers engaged in logging operations or silvicultural operations.
- Coordinate the selection and movement of logs from storage areas, according to transportation schedules or production requirements.
- Communicate with forestry personnel regarding forest harvesting or forest management plans, procedures, or schedules.