该小组履行以下部分或全部职责：

电缆码放系统运营商

• 操作机器将树木从伐木区运输到加拿大西部山区的着陆点或原木装载点。

机械收割机和货代操作员

• 评估场地和地形并驾驶重型设备在伐木区执行砍伐、砍伐、挖掘、集束和转发作业的组合。

机械树处理器和装载机操作员

• 操作各种机器，这些机器在着陆点执行砍伐、粉碎、削片、分类和装载原木或树木的组合。

• 伐木机操作员和电缆堆垛机操作员通常需要三到五年的伐木经验。
• 机械树木处理器和装载机操作员通常需要一到三年的伐木经验。
• 可能需要移动测井机械操作的公司认证。
• 可能需要工作场所有害物质信息系统 (WHMIS) 和急救证书。
• 可能需要完成中学学业。
• 机械采伐机和货代操作员可能需要具备链锯和集材机操作员的伐木经验。
• 经验要求因操作机械的复杂程度而异。
• 可能需要重型设备操作员认证。
• 不列颠哥伦比亚省可能需要省级空气制动器认证，具体取决于所操作设备的类型。
• 需要了解树木采伐法规。
• 提供 3 到 16 个月的在职培训，具体取决于操作机械的复杂程度和林地操作的类型。

• 伐木机械操作员可以对其设备进行小修和维护。
• 随着经验的积累，可能晋升到伐木和林业监督职位。
• 通过投资设备，作为伐木承包商的个体经营是可能的。
• 从不太复杂的机械操作到更复杂的机械操作，这组工作之间存在一定的流动性。
• 雇主之间存在一定的流动性，特别是在相似类型的林地经营中。

• 链锯和集材机操作员（84110）
• 重型设备操作员（73400）
• 造林和林业工人（84111）
• 主管，伐木和林业（82010）
• 运输卡车司机（73300）

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

Cable yarding system operators

• Operate machines to transport trees from logging areas to landing or log loading sites in mountainous terrain in western Canada.

Mechanical harvester and forwarder operators

• Assess site and terrain and drive heavy equipment to perform a combination of felling, slashing, bucking, bunching and forwarding operations at logging areas.

Mechanical tree processor and loader operators

• Operate a variety of machines which perform a combination of slashing, bucking, chipping, sorting and loading logs or trees at landing sites.

• Feller buncher operators and cable yarder operators usually require three to five years of logging experience.
• Mechanical tree processor and loader operators usually require one to three years of logging experience.
• Company certification for mobile logging machinery operation may be required.
• Workplace hazardous materials information system (WHMIS) and first aid certificates may be required.
• Completion of secondary school may be required.
• Mechanical harvester and forwarder operators may require logging experience as a chain saw and skidder operator.
• Experience requirements vary depending on the complexity of machinery operated.
• Certification as a heavy equipment operator may be required.
• Provincial air brake certification may be required in British Columbia, depending on the type of equipment operated.
• Knowledge of tree harvesting regulations is required.
• On-the-job training from three to 16 months is provided, depending on the complexity of machinery operated and the type of woodlands operation.

• Logging machinery operators may perform minor repairs and maintenance on their equipment.
• Progression to logging and forestry supervisory positions is possible with experience.
• Self-employment as a logging contractor is possible with investment in equipment.
• There is some mobility among jobs in this group from the less complex to more complex machinery operation.
• There is some mobility between employers, particularly in similar types of woodland operations.

• Chain saw and skidder operators (84110)
• Heavy equipment operators (73400)
• Silviculture and forestry workers (84111)
• Supervisors, logging and forestry (82010)
• Transport truck drivers (73300)