Chiller - in logging - Salary and Career
Extractivists and reforesters of wood-producing species

Chiller - in logging - Career description, activities, functions and salary

They extract wood, identifying extraction areas, felling mapped trees, classifying logs according to diameter and length and separating wood according to its use. They reforest areas, collecting seeds from trees and buds for cloning and planting tree seedlings. They would inventory forests, identify species, monitor tree growth and raise wood potential in renewable and native forests. They carry out measurements by coding felled trees. They transport trees, logs and short logs and condition soil for planting. They work following safety, hygiene and environmental protection standards.

How much does an Chiller - in logging earn

A Chiller - in logging earns between $1.105 and $2.061 per month, with an average monthly salary of $1.287 and a median salary of $1.216 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 51.188 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).


Salary ranges for the Chiller - in logging

Monthly Salary Annual Salary Salary Per Week Hourly Salary
Average wage 1.287 15.439 322 6
1º Quartile 1.105 13.256 276 5
Median Salary 1.216 14.586 304 6
3º Quartile 1.572 18.859 393 7
Higher Salary 2.061 24.729 515 9


Professional job categories

  • Agricultural, forestry and fisheries workers
    • fishermen and forestry extractors
      • forest extractives
        • extractivists and reforesters of wood-producing species

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Main workplaces

Extractivists and reforesters of wood-producing species they work in companies that extract and process wood and its derivatives as employees with a formal contract. They are organized as a team, as permanent supervision, during the day and in the open. All are subject to climate variation and the chainsaw operator works in an uncomfortable position and exposed to intense noise.


What does it take to work in the field of Extractivists and reforesters of wood-producing species

For the exercise of these occupations, the fourth grade of elementary school and a basic professional qualification course of around two hundred class hours are required (except for forest extraction workers, who do not need a qualification course). The full performance of activities takes between one and two years of professional experience.


Functions and activities of Chiller - in logging

Extractivists and reforesters of wood-producing species must:

  • employ safety measures;
  • employ safety measures;
  • perform measurements;
  • extract timber;
  • demonstrate personal skills;
  • conditioning soil for planting;
  • extract wood;
  • lock wood;
  • take measurements;
  • condition soil for planting;
  • inventory forests;
  • transport trees, logs and logs;
  • extracting wood;
  • reforest areas;
  • employ security measures;
  • employing safety measures;

  • Activities

    • collect soil samples;
    • debarking logs;
    • clearing native vegetation;
    • separate wood according to use;
    • chop mapped trees;
    • check volume and wood stocks;
    • measure tree diameter and height;
    • pick up buds for cloning;
    • check the slope of trees;
    • check terrain topography;
    • show courage;
    • observe the presence of hooks in logs;
    • fertilize planted seedlings;
    • clean up logs and logs;
    • find anthills;
    • tie steel cables to piles and logs;
    • measure slope and slope;
    • lighten plantations;
    • detect accident risks;
    • send samples for laboratory analysis;
    • sharpen plantations;
    • package logs and logs;
    • annotate collected measurements;
    • attend to details;
    • delimbing trees;
    • report occurrences of fires, pests, deforestation and bad weather;
    • save equipment;
    • demarcate sampling plots in topographic plan;
    • fertilize soil;
    • select thick, medium and thin trees;
    • mark cut points on trees;
    • check measurements;
    • covear land;
    • choose species and seed quality;
    • record peer training;
    • sharpen chainsaw chain;
    • observe wind direction;
    • line up remnants of branches between rows;
    • identify extraction areas;
    • locate sampling plots;
    • adjust equipment;
    • classify logs according to diameter and length;
    • attending to details;
    • describe tree characteristics;
    • transfer logs and logs from field to road;
    • clean up planting area;
    • work as a team;
    • line up branch remnants between rows;
    • adjust measurement scale according to terrain topography;
    • check species, age and origin of renewable trees;
    • apply herbicides in competitive weeds and weeds;
    • measure piles of trees, logs and logs washed;
    • putting out forest fires;
    • identify tree species;
    • underground terrain;
    • check the appearance of pests and anthills;
    • weeding weeds;
    • check distances between teams in extraction areas;
    • raise wood potential in renewable and native forests;
    • cutting trees into logs;
    • prove physical endurance;
    • flag selected trees;
    • align terrain;
    • measure cap (chest height) of trees;
    • replant seedlings in unplanted holes;
    • examine topographical plan;
    • separate wooden rollers;
    • stack trees, logs and logs;
    • unload trees, logs and logs onto trucks, ferries, wagons and rafts ;
    • mark land;
    • sharpening sickle and hatchet;
    • monitor tree growth;
    • indicate tree felling areas with warning signs;
    • pick seeds from trees;
    • storage logs and logs;
    • demonstrate quantitative reasoning;
    • weed weed;
    • plant tree seedlings;
    • select dominant trees;
    • measure dap (diameter of chest height) of trees;
    • grade ground;
    • measure installments;
    • cube logs and logs;
    • demonstrate sense of direction;
    • spray pesticides on seedlings;
    • train co-workers;
    • distributing ant killers in soil;
    • load trees, logs and logs on trucks, ferries, wagons and rafts ;
    • cube felled trees;
    • demonstrate a sense of direction;


    Sectors that hire Chiller - in logging the most in the job market

    • support activities for forestry production
    • eucalyptus cultivation
    • timbering in planted forests
    • terrain preparation, cultivation and harvesting service
    • charcoal production - planted forests
    • agricultural machinery and equipment rental without operator
    • cultivation of seedlings in forest nurseries
    • pine cultivation
    • manufacture of pulp and other pulp for papermaking
    • road transport of cargo, except dangerous goods and removals, intercity, interstate and international




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