First-Line Supervisors of Logging Workers Go Back to List Directly supervise and coordinate activities of logging workers.

Tasks
	Monitor workers to ensure that safety regulations are followed, warning or disciplining those who violate safety regulations.
	Plan or schedule logging operations, such as felling or bucking trees or grading, sorting, yarding, or loading logs.
	Change logging operations or methods to eliminate unsafe conditions.
	Monitor logging operations to identify and solve problems, improve work methods, and ensure compliance with safety, company, and government regulations.
	Train workers in tree felling or bucking, operation of tractors or loading machines, yarding or loading techniques, or safety regulations.
	Determine logging operation methods, crew sizes, or equipment requirements, conferring with mill, company, or forestry officials as necessary.
	Assign to workers duties such as trees to be cut, cutting sequences and specifications, or loading of trucks, railcars, or rafts.
	Supervise or coordinate the activities of workers engaged in logging operations or silvicultural operations.
	Coordinate the selection and movement of logs from storage areas, according to transportation schedules or production requirements.
	Communicate with forestry personnel regarding forest harvesting or forest management plans, procedures, or schedules.

Skills
	Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
	Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
	Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
	Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
	Management of Personnel Resources - Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
	Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
	Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
	Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
	Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
	Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Knowledge
	Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
	Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
	Production and Processing - Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
	Transportation - Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
	Public Safety and Security - Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
	Education and Training - Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
	English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
	Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
	Economics and Accounting - Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
	Law and Government - Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

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Wage Information
	Region Average Entry Level  Mid-Range  Annual  Hourly  Statewide $63,286.00 $30.43  $22.65  $24.39 - $37.93  Bridgeport/Stamford $70,006.00 $33.66  $23.68  $25.36 - $40.06  Hartford $65,769.00 $31.62  $23.51  $25.69 - $38.96  New Haven $58,176.00 $27.97  $23.33  $25.07 - $28.94

Occupation Outlook ( 2016 - 2026 ) Average Annual Job Openings:   30   Employment in this occupation is expected to grow more slowly than average, and the number of annual openings will offer limited job opportunities.

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