该小组履行以下部分或全部职责：

• 在伐木场和装载区使用链锯砍伐、砍伐和砍伐树木
• 操作电缆或抓斗集材机将砍伐的树木从伐木场移动或堆放至着陆区进行加工和运输
• 在砍伐和堆放树木之前评估地点、地形和天气条件
• 可以作为在链锯操作和集材机操作之间轮换的团队成员工作
• 可能对集材机、链锯和其他设备进行维护和小修。

• 可能需要以前作为伐木和林业工人或伐木机操作员的经验。经验要求因林地作业的类型和位置而异。
• 一些省份需要省级认证或林业工人计划证书。
• 可能需要工作场所有害物质信息系统 (WHMIS) 和急救证书。
• 可能需要完成林业工人的大学课程。
• 通常会提供链锯操作和维护方面的正规培训和几个月的在职培训。
• 可能需要完成中学学业。
• 摔倒者的贸易认证是可用的，但在魁北克是自愿的。

• 链锯操作员通常必须拥有并维护自己的链锯。
• 从东部和中部森林地区到西部森林地区的流动性可能受到限制，在这些地区，树木的大小或陡峭的地形可能需要不同的砍伐和堆放方法。
• 随着经验的积累，可能晋升到测井机械操作员职位。
• 随着经验的积累，可能晋升到监督职位或作为伐木承包商的个体经营。
• 在大公司中，有一种趋势是对链锯操作员进行公司认证。
• 本单元组内的工作之间存在一定的流动性，因为链锯和集材机操作员经常团队合作并轮换工作。

• 伐木和林业工人 ( 85120)
• 伐木机械操作员（83110）
• 造林和林业工人（84111）

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Operate chain saw to fell, delimb and buck trees at the logging site and loading area
• Operate cable, or grapple skidder to move or yard the felled trees from the logging site to the landing area for processing and transportation
• Assess site, terrain and weather conditions before felling and yarding trees
• May work as member of a team rotating between chain saw operation and skidder operation
• May maintain and perform minor repairs on skidders, chain saws and other equipment.

• Previous experience as a logging and forestry labourer or logging machine operator may be required. Experience requirements vary depending on the type and location of woodlands operations.
• Provincial certification or a forest worker program certificate is required in some provinces.
• Workplace hazardous materials information system (WHMIS) and first aid certificates may be required.
• Completion of a college program for forest workers may be required.
• Formal training in chain saw operation and maintenance and several months of on-the-job training are usually provided.
• Completion of secondary school may be required.
• Trade certification for fallers is available, but voluntary in Quebec.

• Chain saw operators often must own and maintain their own chain saw.
• Mobility may be limited from eastern and central forest zones to western forest zones where tree size or steep terrain may require different cutting and yarding methods.
• Progression to logging machinery operator positions is possible with experience.
• Progression to supervisory positions or self-employment as a logging contractor is possible with experience.
• There is a trend toward company certification of chain saw operators in larger companies.
• There is some mobility among jobs within this unit group as chain saw and skidder operators often work in teams and rotate jobs.

• Logging and forestry labourers (85120)
• Logging machinery operators (83110)
• Silviculture and forestry workers (84111)