Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Other trades certificate or diploma
Experience
Experience an asset
Work site environment
- Cold/refrigerated
- Dangerous
- Hot
- Noisy
- Wet/damp
Work setting
- Various locations
- Relocation costs not covered by employer
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Check, lubricate, refuel and clean equipment
- Operate various vehicles and equipment
- Report any malfunctions to supervisor
- Tree removal
- Operate chainsaw to fell, delimb and buck trees
- Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures
- Operate a variety of machines which perform a combination of slashing, bucking, chipping, sorting and loading logs or trees
- Climb ladders or operate hydraulic buckets when working aloft on poles and towers, or work in confined spaces such as trenches and tunnels to install power lines and cables and associated equipment
Supervision
- Chainsaw and skidder operators
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Class 5/5F/G Licence (cars, small trucks and other 2-axle vehicles)
Experience and specialization
Equipment and machinery experience
- Chippers
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Attention to detail
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Physically demanding
Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Own tools/equipment
- Gloves
- Steel-toed safety boots
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Initiative
- Team player
- Resourcefulness