Fallers

What Does a Fallers Do?

Use axes or chainsaws to fell trees using knowledge of tree characteristics and cutting techniques to control direction of fall and minimize tree damage.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Stop saw engines, pull cutting bars from cuts, and run to safety as tree falls.
• 2Appraise 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.
• 3Saw back-cuts, leaving sufficient sound wood to control direction of fall.
• 4Clear brush from work areas and escape routes, and cut saplings and other trees from direction of falls, using axes, chainsaws, or bulldozers.
• 5Measure felled trees and cut them into specified log lengths, using chain saws and axes.
• 6Assess logs after cutting to ensure that the quality and length are correct.
• 7Determine position, direction, and depth of cuts to be made, and placement of wedges or jacks.
• 8Control 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.

Required Skills

• Assisi Compiler
• Assisi Software Assisi Inventory
• Assisi Software Assisi Manager
• Assisi Software Assisi Resource
• BCS Woodlands Software The Logger Tracker
• BCS Woodlands Software Woodlands Tracker
• ESRI ArcView
• Geographic information system GIS systems
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office software

Fallers Salary