Logging Assistants

Logging Assistants assist with logging, felling and sawing of trees in forests.

What the job involves

• Removes major branches and tree tops, trims branches and saws trunks into logs

• Assists with loading and transporting logs

• Plans the felling of trees and determines the natural and intended fall of each tree

• Clears surrounding area of saplings and debris prior to tree-felling

• Operates and maintains manual and machine saws to fell trees and to cut felled trees into logs