Faller Sample Resume

Travis Johnson
1234 Post Oak Drive
Flint, MI 64000
Home: 404-555-5555
Cell: 404-555-5556
Email: Travis Johnson@frontfocus.com
  Objective: Seeking to find a Faller position in a company which offers potential for growth and stability.   Qualification Summary: Extensive knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote efficient local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property or institutions. Wide knowledge of materials, methods, and the appropriate tools to construct objects, structures, and buildings. Strong ability to correctly follow a given rule or set of rules in order to arrange things or actions in a certain order. Able to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over a long period of time. High muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue. Ability to use logic and analysis to identify the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches and to control all operations of equipment or systems.   Education: County General High School,
Flint, MI
Jun/1996-Jun/ 2000   Work Experience: Faller,
The Lumberjacks Inc, Flint, MI
June 2004? present

Responsibilities included: felling timber trees by applying knowledge of tree characteristics and cutting techniques to control direction of fall and minimize tree damage, appraising tree for characteristics, such as twists, rot, and heavy limb growth, and gauging amount and direction of lean, using ax as plumb bob, determining position, direction, and depth of cuts made and placement of wedges or jacks, clearing brush and debris from work area and escape route, and cutting saplings and other trees from falling path, using an ax or a chain saw. Other duties implied scoring cutting lines with ax, sawing undercut along scored lines with chain saw, and knocking slabs from cuts with ax as well as sawing back-cuts, leaving sufficient sound wood to control direction of fall, inserting jack or driving wedges behind saw to prevent binding of saw and start tree falling. Also stopping saw engine as tree tips, pulling cutting bar from cut, and running to predetermined location in order to avoid injury from falling limbs and flying debris.   Faller/Logger,
Extreme Trees, Flint, MI
May 2000 ? May 2004

Responsibilities included: measuring felled trees and cutting them into specified log lengths, using axes or chain saws, placing supporting limbs or poles under felled trees in order to avoid splitting undersides, and to prevent logs from rolling, sawing back-cuts, leaving sufficient sound wood to control direction of fall, selecting trees to be cut down, assessing factors such as site, terrain, and weather conditions before beginning work. Other duties included splitting logs, using axes, wedges, and mauls, and stacking wood in racks or cord lots, stopping saw engines, pulling cutting bars from cuts, and running to safety as tree falls, trimming off the tops and limbs of trees, using chainsaws or axes, assembling floating logs into rafts for towing to mills, assessing logs after cutting to ensure that the quality and length are correct and loading them onto trucks, trailers, or railroad cars, by hand or using loaders or winches. Also maintained and repaired chainsaws and other equipment, cleaning, oiling, and greasing it, and sharpening it properly, marked logs for identification, and secured steel cables and chains to logs for dragging by tractors or for pulling by cable yarning systems.   References: Available upon request