Fallers
SOC Code: 45-4021
Fallerss stop saw engines, pull cutting bars from cuts, and run to safety as tree falls. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 97.5/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Operation and Control, Monitoring, Critical Thinking.
AI-Proof Score: 97.5 — Very High
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Median Salary
$53,900
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Job Growth
-7.3%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Operation and Control
- •Monitoring
- •Critical Thinking
- •Operations Monitoring
- •Judgment and Decision Making
- •Active Listening
- •Coordination
- •Equipment Maintenance
Common Tasks
- ✓Stop saw engines, pull cutting bars from cuts, and run to safety as tree falls.
- ✓Appraise trees for certain characteristics, such as twist, rot, and heavy limb growth, and gauge amount and direction of lean, to determine how to control the direction of a tree's fall with the least damage.
- ✓Saw back-cuts, leaving sufficient sound wood to control direction of fall.
- ✓Clear brush from work areas and escape routes, and cut saplings and other trees from direction of falls, using axes, chainsaws, or bulldozers.
- ✓Measure felled trees and cut them into specified log lengths, using chain saws and axes.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation