First-Line Supervisors of Logging Workers

• Monitor logging operations to identify and solve problems, improve work methods, and ensure compliance with safety, company, and government regulations.
• Change logging operations or methods to eliminate unsafe conditions.
• Train workers in tree felling or bucking, operation of tractors or loading machines, yarding or loading techniques, or safety regulations.
• Assign to workers duties such as trees to be cut, cutting sequences and specifications, or loading of trucks, railcars, or rafts.
• Supervise or coordinate the activities of workers engaged in logging operations or silvicultural operations.
• Plan or schedule logging operations, such as felling or bucking trees or grading, sorting, yarding, or loading logs.
• Determine logging operation methods, crew sizes, or equipment requirements, conferring with mill, company, or forestry officials as necessary.
• Communicate with forestry personnel regarding forest harvesting or forest management plans, procedures, or schedules.
• Coordinate dismantling, moving, and setting up equipment at new work sites.
• Coordinate the selection and movement of logs from storage areas, according to transportation schedules or production requirements.
• Schedule work crews, equipment, or transportation for several different work locations.
• Prepare production or personnel time records for management.

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• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• Management of Personnel Resources - Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

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