NOC 83110: Logging machinery operators

Logging machinery operators operate cable yarding systems, mechanical harvesters and forwarders and mechanical tree processors and loaders to fell, yard and process trees at logging sites. They are employed by logging companies and contractors.

Express Entry eligibility

• Skilled work (TEER 0 to 3): yes, TEER 3.
• Canadian Experience Class: counts as skilled Canadian work (1 year in the last 3 years).
• Federal Skilled Worker Program: counts as skilled work (1 year of continuous work in the last 10 years).
• Federal Skilled Trades Program: an eligible skilled trade (2 years in the last 5 years).
• High-wage occupation (from November 3, 2026): no. No high-wage add-on, and a job offer in it earns no CRS points.

TEER 3: Occupations that usually need a college diploma, an apprenticeship of less than 2 years, or more than 6 months of on-the-job training. Every program has other requirements too, such as language test results and, for FSW, a points test.

Category-based draws

NOC 83110 is not on any of IRCC’s occupation category lists. You can still be invited in general, Canadian Experience Class or other program draws.

Category lists checked on canada.ca on 2026-10-17. IRCC category-based selection

CRS points for work in NOC 83110

Skilled Canadian work in this occupation earns the standard points, the same before and after November 3, 2026, with no high-wage add-on:

See Canadian work points and the median-wage rule.

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Cable yarding system operators
• Operate machines to transport trees from logging areas to landing or log loading sites in mountainous terrain in western Canada.
• Mechanical harvester and forwarder operators
• Assess site and terrain and drive heavy equipment to perform a combination of felling, slashing, bucking, bunching and forwarding operations at logging areas.
• Mechanical tree processor and loader operators
• Operate a variety of machines which perform a combination of slashing, bucking, chipping, sorting and loading logs or trees at landing sites.

For Express Entry your duties must match the lead statement and most of the main duties above.

Example job titles

• chipping machine operator
• delimber operator
• feller buncher operator
• feller forwarder operator
• grapple operator - logging
• linehorse operator
• loader operator - logging
• log processor operator
• rigging slinger - logging
• shortwood harvester operator
• slasher operator - logging
• steel spar operator - logging
• treelength forwarder operator
• yarder operator - logging

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school may be required.
• On-the-job training from three to 16 months is provided, depending on the complexity of machinery operated and the type of woodlands operation.
• Experience requirements vary depending on the complexity of machinery operated.
• Mechanical harvester and forwarder operators may require logging experience as a chain saw and skidder operator.
• Feller buncher operators and cable yarder operators usually require three to five years of logging experience.
• Mechanical tree processor and loader operators usually require one to three years of logging experience.
• Certification as a heavy equipment operator may be required.
• Company certification for mobile logging machinery operation may be required.
• Provincial air brake certification may be required in British Columbia, depending on the type of equipment operated.
• Workplace hazardous materials information system (WHMIS) and first aid certificates may be required.
• Knowledge of tree harvesting regulations is required.

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