# Competences — debarker operator

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/5e5522c5-4b09-4586-a8f0-3b6d66d99969).

## Essential

- **adjust cut sizes** (skill/competence)
- **manage logs transfer** (skill/competence)
- **monitor gauge** (skill/competence)
- **observe logs** (skill/competence)
- **operate debarking machine** (skill/competence)
- **quality standards** (knowledge)
- **set up the controller of a machine** (skill/competence)
- **supply machine** (skill/competence)
- **transfer logs** (skill/competence)
- **troubleshoot** (skill/competence)
- **wear appropriate protective gear** (skill/competence)
- **wood cuts** (knowledge)
- **woodworking processes** (knowledge)
- **work safely with machines** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- assess felled timber quality (skill/competence)
- assess felled timber volume (skill/competence)
- check quality of raw materials (skill/competence)
- clean equipment (skill/competence)
- conduct routine machinery checks (skill/competence)
- cutting technologies (knowledge)
- de-limb trees (skill/competence)
- dispose of cutting waste material (skill/competence)
- handle timber (skill/competence)
- identify hazards in the workplace (skill/competence)
- inspect machinery (skill/competence)
- inspect timber (skill/competence)
- inspect trees (skill/competence)
- keep records of work progress (skill/competence)
- manage timber stocks (skill/competence)
- meet contract specifications (skill/competence)
- monitor heavy machinery (skill/competence)
- operate wood sawing equipment (skill/competence)
- perform machine maintenance (skill/competence)
- prepare wood production reports (skill/competence)
- process timber using hand-fed machinery (skill/competence)
- record production data for quality control (skill/competence)
- sawing techniques (knowledge)
- sharpen edged tools (skill/competence)
- timber products (knowledge)
- types of sawing blades (knowledge)
- types of wood (knowledge)