Fell trees

Description

Fell trees safely and effectively to specification.

Occupations requiring this skill

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Skill demand overview
  • Essential in 1 occupations
  • Optional in 2 occupations
  • Total: 3 occupations
  • Most common in: ISCO major group 8 (Plant and machine operators, and assemblers)

Essential for

  • Forestry equipment operator
    Forestry equipment operators carry out operations with specialised equipment in the forest to maintain, harvest, extract and forward wood for the manufacturing of consumer goods an…

Optional for

  • Crosscut saw operator
    Crosscut saw operators use a manual crosscut saw. Crosscut sawing is used for 'felling' and 'bucking' trees, or taking off the limbs to obtain logs. Crosscut sawyers may also…
  • Tree surgeon
    Tree surgeons maintain trees. They use heavy machinery to prune and cut trees. Tree surgeons are often required to climb the trees to perform maintenance. Duties Tree surgeons typi…

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Last updated on February 19, 2026

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