Help getting into the industry

[tbow388]

Nope

I have no input on this since I am a chainsaw guy and weekend firewood cutter.

That being said, The OP seems like a young man with a Big AxeMen Dream.

He needs to listen to everything you guys say and take it deep to heart. It is a VERY noble and respectful career but definitely not for the faint at heart!!!!

From what I have read and seen you have to be able to out work the best of the normal. I have always been able to out manual labor most folks easily (thanks to my dad instilling his work ethic in me) but could not keep up with the bottom of these timber guys.

You could look into getting into a team running pine in the south. We here are full of logging crews. Not necessarily the big woods west but it is timber industry.

My best of luck to the OP in chasing his dream!!!!

 

[rmtlogging]

I talked to a company today in B.C. he said I need a class c or b B.C. fallers licence (not tottaly sure he was a little dificult to understand), I have looked at one school but iwas wondering if someone could give me suggestions on where to go

 

[bitzer]

Its not as glamorous as it seems.

Well, that is, unless you log in California where the punkins are plenty and the groupies flock at every turn!

 

[forestryworks]

Be prepared for a hard knock life. Shutdowns and no pay. Sometimes, 6 or 7 day workweeks. Layoffs.

It ain't glamorous after the first month or so, but there ain't no other job like it

 

[plasticweld]

Thank you everyone, is there any state or area that is better than the other as far as hiering

That is the perfect question, un like some of the other areas in the country it is tough to find guys who want to work and cut trees where I live. We have just recently had the gas companies come in and hire most of the skilled loggers who were marginal when it came to making a buck. The labor pool has dried up and we still do things the old fashion way when it comes to cutting. I know that if a guy came up today and told me he wanted to cut more than anything else and this is what he as always wanted to do I would probably give him a job, The only help I have now is my daughter part time. I own two skidders a log truck and just made a deal for a landing loader, I have every thing but help.


If she can get a job in the woods whats your excuse

As said in the picture thread she set the machine on fire and lost two choker chains all before lunch and she still has a job.

The northern Pa area and New York has some great timber and logging is still going strong

 

[Oldtimer]

Hey guys I really want to be a logger but since I live in central california that is easier said than done I wouldj like to be a cutter (me and my cousin have alittle tree service and falling is my favorite part of the job) but I want to learn the other jobs and work my way up if there is any advise you ave it will be apprieciated

Here ya go my boy. Go EAST young man, this is the future of logging.
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Cat, NCAPL Launch Comprehensive Logger Training.

This spring, Caterpillar will cooperate with Greenville, North Carolina’s Pitt Community College and the North Carolina Association of Professional Loggers to launch a comprehensive 12-week training program for logging equipment operators, combining classroom work and practical operating experience in the field. Caterpillar Forest Products is donating $1.25 million in equipment to the project, including a Cat 525C skidder, a Cat 573 wheel feller buncher, and a Cat 559 DS loader.

The program will “recruit” students from “tobacco-dependent, economically distressed, and/or rural counties in North Carolina.” However, anyone 18 years or older, including out-of-state residents, may apply. The curriculum will go beyond mechanical, situational awareness, and environmental concerns, and will also cover “employability and life skills”—how to get and keep a job and how to manage money.

Sponsors say they have already lined up 25 employers who have committed to hiring the program’s graduates, and that a job fair at the end of the training will bring employers and graduates together. Furthermore, between three and six months after a graduate has been placed in a job, both employee and employer will be contacted for follow-up evaluation of the training. “After conducting two training sessions the first year, we will probably run it once a year and move it to other colleges that want to work with the Association and host the training,” comments Pitt Community College’s dean of continuing education.

The program will be hiring two full-time positions—a training director and a logging supervisor; anyone interested should contact NCAPL’s Doug Duncan at [email protected]s e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

To apply to be trained in the program, request information from NCAPL by e-mailing [email protected]

 

[Oldtimer]

That is the perfect question, un like some of the other areas in the country it is tough to find guys who want to work and cut trees where I live. We have just recently had the gas companies come in and hire most of the skilled loggers who were marginal when it came to making a buck. The labor pool has dried up and we still do things the old fashion way when it comes to cutting. I know that if a guy came up today and told me he wanted to cut more than anything else and this is what he as always wanted to do I would probably give him a job, The only help I have now is my daughter part time. I own two skidders a log truck and just made a deal for a landing loader, I have every thing but help.


If she can get a job in the woods whats your excuse

As said in the picture thread she set the machine on fire and lost two choker chains all before lunch and she still has a job.

The northern Pa area and New York has some great timber and logging is still going strong

Holy crud...The California kid could land a job, and if he's the right age, maybe a cute girlfriend who drives skidder!