Logging Training Program Intern

Description:

This recruitment will be used to fill six to eight (6-8) part-time (a maximum of 20 hours per week during academic terms and up to 40 hours per week during term breaks) Student Technical Assistant (Student Logging Training Program, (SLTP) Intern) positions for the College of Forestry at Oregon State University (OSU).

These positions support OSU Forest Engineering, Resources, and Management (FERM) Department and OSU Research Forests (OSURF) management activities, associated with the Student Logging Training Program and related FERM and OSURF projects. These positions will work with the SLTP Manager to accomplish operational, harvest, and general forest management related duties.

Position Duties

Perform all phases of designing, analyzing, and safely implementing commercial thinning with the Koller K501 yarder and associated operational equipment (Link-Belt 3240 Log Loader, John Deere 648 Skidder).

Work typically includes:

• Development of a Resource Management Plan
• Unit layout and design
• Timber measurements and marking
• Running profiles and performing payload analysis
• Chainsaw operation, timber felling, limbing, and bucking
• Cable system rigging and chokersetting
• Yarding, skidding, sorting, decking of logs
• Log quality control
• Equipment maintenance and operation
• Other tasks as assigned