The Collar360

Forestry equipment operator

Other names

woodland equipment operator, logging equipment operator, woodcutter, woodman, logger, lumberjack, chainsaw operator, mobile sawmill operator

Forestry and trees

They drive special machines in forests to cut, move and stack trees and logs, and check the machines are safe.

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The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Inspect equipment for safety prior to use, and perform necessary basic maintenance tasks.

  2. 2

    Control hydraulic tractors equipped with tree clamps and booms to lift, swing, and bunch sheared trees.

  3. 3

    Grade logs according to characteristics such as knot size and straightness, and according to established industry or company standards.

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Sources

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

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In other languages

français
conducteur d'engins forestiers/conductrice d'engins forestiers
español
operador de maquinaria forestal/operadora de maquinaria forestal
العربية
مشغل معدات الحراجة / مشغلة معدات الحراجة
português
Operador de equipamento florestal/Operadora de equipamento florestal
Deutsch
Forstmaschinenführer/Forstmaschinenführerin
italiano
operatore delle attrezzature forestali/operatrice delle attrezzature forestali

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