Becoming a Logging Assistant in Queensland

About this role

Logging Assistants assist with logging, felling and sawing of trees in forests.

What you might do day-to-day in this job

Typical tasks for a Logging Assistant include:

• removes major branches and tree tops, trims branches and saws trunks into logs
• assists with loading and transporting logs
• plans the felling of trees and determines the natural and intended fall of each tree
• clears surrounding area of saplings and debris prior to tree-felling
• operates and maintains manual and machine saws to fell trees and to cut felled trees into logs.