AI Career Radar

Logging Equipment Operators

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. Includes operating stand-alone logging machines, such as log chippers.

AI exposure41 / 100Moderate exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation29
Freedom to set tasks71
Repeating the same tasks68
$49,740Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
-3.8%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (decline)BLS Employment Projections
50Skill durability (fragile)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Active Listening
63
50
Monitoring
63
50
Critical Thinking
63
47
Judgment and Decision Making
63
47
Speaking
63
44
Complex Problem Solving
62
47
Coordination
62
44
Active Learning
62
31
Time Management
61
47
Reading Comprehension
61
38
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Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Writing
60
44
Social Perceptiveness
60
44
Learning Strategies
58
31
Instructing
58
31
Systems Analysis
57
35
Service Orientation
56
31
Systems Evaluation
56
31
Persuasion
54
35
Mathematics
53
35
Negotiation
52
31
Science
52
13
Management of Personnel Resources
50
31
Operations Analysis
49
13
Installation
48
3
Equipment Maintenance
47
53
Troubleshooting
47
50
Quality Control Analysis
47
50
Equipment Selection
47
44
Management of Material Resources
47
22
Management of Financial Resources
47
19
Technology Design
47
6
Operations Monitoring
46
69
Repairing
46
47
Programming
45
0
Operation and Control
43
75

Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

81/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$53,140
10-yr growth
+36.5%
Skill gap
18%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Installation, Active Learning, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking

#2Wind Turbine Service TechniciansInstallation & Repair
80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$64,120
10-yr growth
+29.5%
Skill gap
22%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Repairing, Troubleshooting, Active Learning, Equipment Maintenance

78/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
26%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Active Learning, Reading Comprehension, Monitoring, Active Listening

#5TapersSkilled Trades
78/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$68,270
10-yr growth
-1.6%
Skill gap
1%
Retraining
Low

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Logging Equipment Operators could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.