741132 Logging Plant Operator

Registration or licensing may be required.

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This occupation has a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.

Australia

• Skill Level 4: AQF Certificate II, AQF Certificate III, or at least one year of relevant experience

New Zealand

• Skill Level 3: NZQF Level 4 qualification, or at least three years of relevant experience

• Prepares and positions logging plant for operation
• Operates logging plant to hold, lift, and cut trees
• Operates attachments to lift, swing, release, and sort trees and logs, and operates auxiliary plant, such as chipping machines and log splitting machines
• Feeds felled trees into processors to strip limbs and cut logs, and loads logs onto stockpiles and into trucks
• Keeps log tallies and writes work reports
• Services logging plant and performs minor repairs