Occupational Employment Statistics
45-4021 Fallers
Use axes or chainsaws to fell trees using knowledge of tree characteristics and cutting techniques to control direction of fall and minimize tree damage.
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Minnesota
| | | $30.00/hr | $28.54/hr | $28.54/hr | $28.54/hr | $31.20/hr | $33.56/hr |
| Natural Resources and Mining | 50 | $28.54/hr |
- Trim off the tops and limbs of trees, using chainsaws, delimbers, or axes.
- Appraise trees for certain characteristics, such as twist, rot, and heavy limb growth, and gauge amount and direction of lean, to determine how to control the direction of a tree's fall with the least damage.
- Maintain and repair chainsaws and other equipment, cleaning, oiling, and greasing equipment, and sharpening equipment properly.
- Saw back-cuts, leaving sufficient sound wood to control direction of fall.
- Select trees to be cut down, assessing factors such as site, terrain, and weather conditions before beginning work.
- Stop saw engines, pull cutting bars from cuts, and run to safety as tree falls.
- Determine position, direction, and depth of cuts to be made, and placement of wedges or jacks.
- Measure felled trees and cut them into specified log lengths, using chain saws and axes.
- Control the direction of a tree's fall by scoring cutting lines with axes, sawing undercuts along scored lines with chainsaws, knocking slabs from cuts with single-bit axes, and driving wedges.
- Assess logs after cutting to ensure that the quality and length are correct.