First-Line Supervisors of Logging Workers
Also called:
Logging Crew Foreman, Forester, Logging Supervisor, Crew Leader
What they do:
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of logging workers.
On the job, you would:
- 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.
Business
- management
- accounting and economics
Engineering and Technology
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
- manufacture and distribution of products
Math and Science
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
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Basic Skills
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Resource Management
- managing your time and the time of other people
- selecting and managing the best workers for a job
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Controlled Movement
- use your arms and/or legs together while sitting, standing, or lying down
- quickly change the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- use rules to solve problems
Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted
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People interested in this work like activities that include
leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Leadership
- Attention to Detail
- Cooperation
- Dependability
- Stress Tolerance
- Initiative
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You might use software like this on the job:
Inventory management software
- BCS Woodlands Software The Logger Tracker
- TradeTec Computer Systems TallyWorks Logs
Spreadsheet software
Word processing software
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high school diploma or
some high school
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
$42,600
per year, on average
This work is part of the .
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