| Area | Year | Period | Hourly Mean | Hourly by Percentile |
| 25th | Median | 75th |
| California | 2012 | 1st Qtr | $20.96 | $12.82 | $17.93 | $26.84 |
| Occupational Projections of Employment (also called "Outlook" or "Demand") | [Top] |
| Area | Estimated Year-Projected Year | Employment | Employment Change | Annual Avg Openings |
| Estimated | Projected | Number | Percent |
| California | 2010 - 2020 | 11,300 | 11,500 | 200 | 1.8 | 350 |
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| Top Tasks (Specific duties and responsibilities of this job.) |
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| Monitor workers to ensure that safety regulations are followed, warning or disciplining those who violate safety regulations. |
| Plan or schedule logging operations, such as felling or bucking trees or grading, sorting, yarding, or loading logs. |
| Change logging operations or methods to eliminate unsafe conditions. |
| Monitor logging operations to identify and solve problems, improve work methods, and ensure compliance with safety, company, and government regulations. |
| Train workers in tree felling or bucking, operation of tractors or loading machines, yarding or loading techniques, or safety regulations. |
| Determine logging operation methods, crew sizes, or equipment requirements, conferring with mill, company, or forestry officials as necessary. |
| Assign to workers duties such as trees to be cut, cutting sequences and specifications, or loading of trucks, railcars, or rafts. |
| Supervise or coordinate the activities of workers engaged in logging operations or silvicultural operations. |
| Communicate with forestry personnel regarding forest harvesting or forest management plans, procedures, or schedules. |
| Coordinate the selection and movement of logs from storage areas, according to transportation schedules or production requirements. |
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| Top Skills used in this Job |
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| Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
| Management of Personnel Resources - Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. |
| Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
| Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
| Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
| Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
| Management of Personnel Resources - Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. |
| Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
| Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
| Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others` actions. |
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| Top Abilities (Attributes of the person that influence performance in this job.) |
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| Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
| Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. |
| Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
| Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
| Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
| Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. |
| Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
| Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
| Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
| Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
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| Top Work Values (Aspects of this job that create satisfaction.) |
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| Independence - Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. |
| Relationships - Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. |
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| Top Interests (The types of activities someone in this job would like.) |
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| Enterprising - Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business. |
| Realistic - Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others. |
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