Occupation Atlaschipper operator
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/976c739f-fec7-45c2-b12e-e1b496aa816b
chipper operator
Chipper operators tend machines that chip wood into small pieces for use in particle board, for further processing into pulp, or for use in its own right. Wood is fed into the chipper and shredded or crushed using a variety of mechanisms.
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Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic7.00
- C Conventional4.14
- I Investigative2.38
- S Social1.20
- A Artistic1.13
- E Enterprising1.02
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing (51-7042.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (12)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- adjust cut sizes
- drive chipper truck
- manage logs transfer
- monitor chipper machine
- monitor gauge
- operate wood chipper
- quality standards
- sharpen edged tools
- supply machine
- troubleshoot
- wear appropriate protective gear
- work safely with machines
Optional (26)
- assess felled timber quality
- assess felled timber volume
- check quality of raw materials
- conduct routine machinery checks
- de-limb trees
- dispose of non-hazardous waste
- handle timber
- identify hazards in the workplace
- inspect machinery
- inspect trees
- inspect wood materials
- manage timber stocks
- meet contract specifications
- monitor heavy machinery
- operate debarking machine
- operate grappler
- operate heavy construction machinery without supervision
- prepare wood production reports
- process timber using hand-fed machinery
- replace knives
- set up the controller of a machine
- timber products
- types of sawing blades
- types of wood
- types of wood chippers
- use wrenches
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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This page includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license; O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. ESCO occupations and skills are from the European Commission's ESCO classification, and the occupation crosswalk is the official ESCO–O*NET mapping by the ESCO Secretariat with USDOL/ETA. This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission. BlissPoint Analytics has modified all or some of this information: skill, task and descriptor ratings are rounded to one decimal, and ESCO occupations show Job Zone and interests copied from a crosswalked O*NET occupation. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.