Vocational Programs for Logging Equipment Operators Career

The role of Logging Equipment Operators is to drive logging tractor or wheeled vehicle equipped with one or more accessories, such as bulldozer blade, frontal shear, grapple, logging arch, cable winches, hoisting rack, or crane boom, to fell tree; to skid, load, unload, or stack logs; or to pull stumps or clear brush.

The average annual wage of the occupations is $49,790 and $24 per hour. 1 vocational program could be taken for the Logging Equipment Operators career. Based on BLS data, a total of 23,720 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Logging Equipment Operators is $12,083. The average length of the programs is 867 hours and the average completion time is 10.00 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Logging Equipment Operators Career

The following 1 vocational program is required or helpful to prepare Logging Equipment Operators. Total 67 schools are offering certificate programs.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Logging Equipment Operators
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Construction/Heavy Equipment/Earthmoving Equipment Operation	67	$12,083	$619	867 Hours	10.00 Months

Related Occupations to Logging Equipment Operators Career

The following 20 occupations are related to Logging Equipment Operators.

Related Occupations toLogging Equipment Operators
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Agricultural Equipment Operators	28,910	$41,850	$20
Fallers	4,800	$61,190	$29
Log Graders and Scalers	3,640	$47,120	$23
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	450K	$62,180	$30
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	32,630	$55,500	$27
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas	18,010	$60,250	$29
Continuous Mining Machine Operators	15,700	$62,110	$30
Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining	5,160	$63,620	$31
Helpers--Extraction Workers	7,360	$46,990	$23
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	285K	$59,920	$29
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	177K	$64,340	$31
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	413K	$63,690	$31
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	13,990	$50,020	$24
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	61,250	$40,360	$19
Conveyor Operators and Tenders	24,660	$42,900	$21
Crane and Tower Operators	42,260	$68,040	$33
Hoist and Winch Operators	2,230	$65,810	$32
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	779K	$45,720	$22
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	3,008K	$39,760	$19
Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders	11,400	$60,530	$29

Schools offering vocational programs for Logging Equipment Operators

The following 70 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate courses for preparing Logging Equipment Operators. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.