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Skidder Operator - Logging
Employer
FTEN 2017 Ltd.Date Posted
May 22, 2023Languages
English-
Location La Crête, AB
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Earnings $28.00 hourly
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Work Hours 40 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 1  Vacancy
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Closing Date Jun 21, 2023
Employer
FTEN 2017 Ltd.
Languages
English
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- Dangerous
- Wet/damp
- Noisy
- Hot
- Cold/refrigerated
Work setting
- Staff accommodation provided
- Rural area
- Remote location
- Various locations
- Relocation costs covered by employer
- Willing to relocate
Tasks
- Operate cable or grapple skidder to move or yard felled trees
- Maintain and perform minor repairs on skidders, chain saws and other equipment
Type of logging
- Selective cutting
- Salvage logging
- Thinning
- Clear cutting (patch logging)
Security and safety
- Drug test
- Criminal record check
Transportation/travel information
- Willing to travel regularly
- Travel expenses paid by employer
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Large workload
Weight handling
Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)
Own tools/equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Gloves
Personal suitability
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Team player
Screening questions
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
Green job
Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
Long term benefits
Group insurance benefits
Other benefits
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Transportation provided by employer
Important notice: This job posting has been provided by an external employer.The Government of Alberta and the Government of Canada are not responsible for the accuracy, authenticity or reliability of the content.
Interest Codes
- OBJECTIVE
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Interest in driving skidders to push trees and logs into bunches and drag logs to roadside loading areas; and in operating chain saws
- METHODICAL
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Interest in moving and yarding felled trees using cable and grapple skidders
- innovative
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Interest in comparing information to service, maintain and make minor repairs to skidders, chain saws and other equipment; may work as members of teams rotating between chainsaw and skidder operations
The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation.
It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.
Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.
A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.
A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.