Profession forestry machinery technician

Forestry machinery technicians maintain and transport forestry machinery. As part of the maintenance of forestry machinery, they make use of specialised software and data recording systems and instruments.

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Personality Type

• Enterprising / Conventional
• Realistic / Conventional
• Realistic / Investigative

Knowledge

• Industrial software

  The selection of software that aids in estimating, managing and scheduling industrial processes such as design, work flow and production improvement.

• Mechanical components of vehicles

  Know the mechanical components used in vehicles and identify and resolve potential malfunctions.

Skills

• Maintain mechanical equipment

  Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect malfunction. Service, repair, adjust, and test machines, parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical principles. Maintain and repair vehicles meant for cargo, passengers, farming and landscaping.

• Operate welding equipment

  Use welding equipment to melt and join together pieces of metal or steel; wear protective eyewear during the working process.

• Debug software

  Repair computer code by analysing testing results, locating the defects causing the software to output an incorrect or unexpected result and removing these faults.

• Repair ICT devices

  Maintain and repair ICT related equipment such as laptops, desktops, tablets, mobile devices, communications equipment, printers and any piece of computer related peripheral. Detect faults, malfunctions and replace parts if necessary.

• Operate soldering equipment

  Use soldering equipment, such as a soldering gun, a soldering torch or a gas-powered iron, to melt and join together pieces of metal or steel.

• Manoeuvre heavy trucks

  Drive, manoeuvre and park tractors, trailers and lorries on roads, around tight corners, and in parking spaces.

• Operate forestry machinery

  Operate machinery on and off road for harvesting, forwarding and transportation of wood.

• Apply health and safety standards

  Adhere to standards of hygiene and safety established by respective authorities.

• Use power tools

  Operate power driven pumps. Use hand tools or power tools. Use vehicle repair tools or safety equipment.

• Drive timber machine

  Drive and manoeuver the machine to the timber in a safe and effective way within site restraints.

• Use welding equipment

  Operate welding equipment in a safe manner; use welding techniques such as shielded metal arc welding or flux-cored arc welding.

• Maintain forestry equipment

  Check forestry equipment to make sure that it is in working order.

• Analyse ICT system

  Study the activity and performance of information systems in order to model their usage and weaknesses, specify purpose, architecture and services and discover operations and procedures for accomplishing them most efficiently.

• Solve ICT system problems

  Identify potential component malfunctions. Monitor, document and communicate about incidents. Deploy appropriate resources with minimal outage and deploy appropriate diagnostic tools.

• Repair equipment on site

  Identify malfunctions and repair or replace multi-media, audio-visual and computer systems, hardware and equipment on site.

• Use technical documentation

  Understand and use technical documentation in the overall technical process.

• Report to the team leader

  Keep the team leader informed on current and emerging issues.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB