Logging Equipment Operators
- Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Median Yearly Income
$44,590
Most Common Education Level
High school diploma or less
Projected Job Growth
-1.96%
What do Logging Equipment Operators do?
Drive logging tractor or wheeled vehicle equipped with one or more accessories, such as bulldozer blade, frontal shear, grapple, logging arch, cable winches, hoisting rack, or crane boom, to fell tree; to skid, load, unload, or stack logs; or to pull stumps or clear brush. Includes operating stand-alone logging machines, such as log chippers.
Career Interests Areas
- Realistic
- Conventional
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Data on career profiles are based on information supplied by the O*NET Program, sponsored by U.S. Department of Labor, Employment, and Training Administration.