Features of the profession forestry machine operator

To work on specialized equipment for logging requires not just drivers, but withspecialists with specialized education. Depending on the type of equipment, the employee required to obtain appropriate qualifications.

Logging machine operator - This is a person to whom special demands are always made. This applies not only to personal qualities, but also to professional skills. The advantages of this profession include:

• demand for employees in forestry;
• good salary;
• employment in the labor market;
• opportunity for career growth.

Disadvantages of the specialty are also available. For example, people with good health, hardy, easily trained are suitable for the position. Engineers must work on modern technology, the design of which provides for a large number of automation and computer equipment. During work, the employee is required to quickly rebuild, instantly respond to the situation.

For the position of a logging machine operator, they are always looking for a smart employee who does not get tired of monotonous work and does not lose attention. It is to the care of the worker that special requirements are made. Several mechanisms can be installed on one unit of equipment, concentration of attention and concentration during operation of such units in the first place.

Moreover, the driver must understand the technical structure of the equipment entrusted to him, so that you can quickly fix minor problems. Usually, young specialists are hired, because they quickly understand the intricacies of the profession, while drivers who have worked for many years on a tracked vehicle cannot properly study the on-board computer.

A forestry machine operator is both a tractor driver and a driver of self-propelled equipment such as a harvester and forwarder. In each individual case, the specialist receives an appropriate certificate, allowing him to conduct activities on the specified equipment. A feature of managing a harvester is that this technique has a remote boom and a hydraulic manipulator. In modern machines, there is a computer.

In the profession presented, the main categories indicated in the driver's document are:

• "D" - cars on wheels, which have a motor with a capacity of more than 110.3 kW.
• "E" - tracked vehicles, where the engine has a capacity of more than 25.7 kW.

According to ETKS and what the professional standard says, the work of a logging machine operator includes a long list of responsibilities:

• familiarization with the technological map at the beginning of the working day;
• Be sure to undergo training on labor protection and safety;
• checking the technical condition of the machine on which it is supposed to work;
• health check of protective equipment, tools;
• examination of funds necessary for first aid;
• the use of safety shoes and clothes;
• compliance with traffic rules;
• timely notification of the head regarding the identified malfunctions;
• felling of trees and their skidding;
• uprooting stumps;
• processing trunks so that they become free from knots;
• adjustment of built-in units and correction of breakdowns;
• general maintenance of equipment;
• refueling equipment, timely lubrication;
• at the end of the shift, the equipment is parked;
• external inspection of equipment after work;
• personal hygiene.

When hiring, the driver must demonstrate the following skills:

• knowledge of the design of equipment, this applies to attachments and trailers;
• ability to understand the work of the power unit of the machine;
• adjustment and adjustment of pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical equipment;
• knowledge of cross-country traffic rules;
• knowledge of the main types of fuel and lubricants;
• knowledge of state standards for wood chips and wood.

To become a forest machine driver, you need get trained. In the basic version, the employee receives third category. He is assigned after full-time study in an institution where they provide primary vocational education. Training available at the enterprise and in the same place - in the institution of initial training. Such training is designed to expand knowledge and skills within the same profession.

Harvester driver can climb up to 8 category depending on the engine power of the equipment used. The employee with the 3rd category has the right operate machinery with engine power from 25.7 to 44.1 kW. 4-bit driver can work on the unit with a power of up to 73.5 kW. An employee who has permission to work with equipment over 100 horsepower, has 5 category. Only a person can control equipment with an indicator more than this with 6th category. 7-8 discharge assigned only to those who have additionally completed secondary vocational education in the specified specialty.

Any company engaged in logging, with great responsibility, approaches the issue training and retraining of its employees. Depending on the initial level of training, training takes from 5 to 20 days. After two months, each driver is required to undergo testing for knowledge of the main issues.