Logging Machinery Operator

Painter

February 23, 2021

Building Maintenance Worker

February 23, 2021

Salary

CAD $26.50 hourly, 41 hours per week

Work Location

Province of Ontario including Simcoe County, Durham Region, Northumberland County, Prince Edward County – Full time – Permanent position

Job Description

– Logging machinery operators, mechanical harvester, and forwarder operators assess site and terrain and drive heavy equipment to perform a combination of felling, slashing, bucking, bunching and forwarding operations at logging areas.
– Operate cable, or grapple skidder to move or yard the felled trees from the
logging site to the landing area for processing and transportation.

– Operate a variety of machines which perform a combination of slashing, bucking, chipping, sorting and loading logs or trees at landing sites.

– Help to transport trees from logging areas to landing or log loading sites in Ontario.

– May maintain and perform minor repairs on skidders, chain saws and other
equipment.

Requirements

– Completion of secondary school is required.
– A minimum of three years of experience operating skidder, feller buncher, forest logging machinery and chain saw is required.
– A minimum of three years of experience in working with falling trees, limbing trees, bucking trees, skidding trees is required.
– Workplace hazardous materials information system (WHMIS) and first aid certificates are assets and can be obtained once the employment starts.
– Knowledge of tree harvesting regulations is an asset.
– On-the-job training is provided; however, experience is required due to the complexity of machinery operated, the type of woodlands used and due to safety reasons.
– Three years of logging experience is required. Successful candidates must be able to cut trees with a chainsaw and able to run logging equipment.

Other Information

– We must travel to several work locations in Ontario and the position involves working away from home.

– Flexibility on schedule is required due to the weather conditions.

– Working as Logging machinery operator could be dangerous. Safety policy procedures must be observed all the times to prevent accidents at the job site and to prevent damage on the machinery.

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