What the posting asks for

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Hours and terms

• Full time, Permanent employment

Usually needed for this kind of work

• 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.

From Canada's occupation guide (OaSIS) for Chainsaw and skidder operators (NOC 84110). It describes this kind of work in general, not this employer's ad.

What this work usually involves

• 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.

About the employer

• Region: Thompson–Okanagan Region