Cable Yarding Operator

Employer: Services Forestiers Des Sommets

Location: Riviere-Rouge, Quebec

Salary: $34.64 hourly

Languages: English or French Education: No degree, certificate or diploma Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years Work site environment: Outdoors. Dangerous. Noisy. Dusty. Forest firefighting Work setting: Rural area. Remote location. Relocation costs not covered by employer. Willing to relocate. Forestry and logging Tasks: Assess site and terrain before operations. Assist forestry workers. Drive heavy equipment to perform a combination of felling, slashing, bucking, bunching and forwarding operations. Operate a variety of machines which perform a combination of slashing, bucking, chipping, sorting and loading logs or trees. Operate machines to transport trees from logging areas to landing or log loading sites in mountainous terrain. Assist other logging workers. Remove debris from logging site landing area. Write daily basic progress reports. Fight forest fires Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses: First Aid Certificate. Chainsaw Safety Training Equipment and machinery exp