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Will AI replace Fallers?
O*NET occupation 45-4021.00
Use axes or chainsaws to fell trees using knowledge of tree characteristics and cutting techniques to control direction of fall and minimize tree damage.
O*NET alternate job titles
- Tree Faller
- Timber Faller
- Axman
- Hewer
- Logger
- Sawyer
- Arborist
- Lumberman
Example core tasks from the O*NET database
- Stop saw engines, pull cutting bars from cuts, and run to safety as tree falls.
- Appraise 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.
- Saw back-cuts, leaving sufficient sound wood to control direction of fall.
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