Description
Crosscut saw operators use a manual crosscut saw for felling and bucking trees, or taking off the limbs to obtain logs.
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Theoretical Knowledge
Practical Skills
sharpen edged toolsoperate wood sawing equipmentidentify hazards in the workplacehandle saw securelyoperate crosscut sawkeep sawing equipment in good conditionselect tree felling methodsdistinguish types of sawsplan logging operationsidentify trees to fellinspect treesde-limb treesclean equipmentmanage logs transferfell treesclimb treesuse hand tools for forestry workoperate chainsawoperate circular sawmonitor logging operations