Description
Use axes and chainsaws to fell trees, applying knowledge of tree characteristics and cutting techniques to control fall direction, protect workers and property, and minimize wood damage.
Skills
Process
- • Critical Thinking
- • Monitoring
Technical Skills
- • Operations Monitoring
- • Operation and Control
Systems Skills
- • Judgment and Decision Making
Abilities
Verbal Abilities
- • Oral Comprehension
- • Oral Expression
Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities
- • Problem Sensitivity
- • Information Ordering
- • Category Flexibility
Perceptual Abilities
- • Flexibility of Closure
- • Perceptual Speed
Spatial Abilities
- • Visualization
Fine Manipulative Abilities
- • Arm-Hand Steadiness
- • Manual Dexterity
Control Movement Abilities
- • Control Precision
- • Multilimb Coordination
- • Response Orientation
- • Rate Control
Reaction Time and Speed Abilities
- • Reaction Time
- • Speed of Limb Movement
Physical Strength Abilities
- • Static Strength
- • Dynamic Strength
- • Trunk Strength
Endurance
- • Stamina
Flexibility, Balance, and Coordination
- • Extent Flexibility
- • Gross Body Coordination
- • Gross Body Equilibrium
Visual Abilities
- • Near Vision
- • Far Vision
- • Visual Color Discrimination
- • Depth Perception
Auditory and Speech Abilities
- • Hearing Sensitivity
- • Auditory Attention
Related specializations
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Related Pathways
Agriculture
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
