Practice prompts based on occupational tasks
These Applyace practice prompts use O*NET tasks for fallers. They are not reported employer questions. If you have not done a task, explain your approach and learning needs instead of inventing experience.
1. Saw back-cuts, leaving sufficient sound wood to control direction of fall.
Describe a real example of this task. What was your responsibility, and what happened?
2. Control the direction of a tree's fall by scoring cutting lines with axes, sawing undercuts along scored lines with chainsaws, knocking slabs from cuts with single-bit axes, and driving wedges.
How did you decide which approach or tools to use? Explain the tradeoffs.
3. Stop saw engines, pull cutting bars from cuts, and run to safety as tree falls.
What could go wrong during this task? Describe how you would check your work.
4. Select trees to be cut down, assessing factors such as site, terrain, and weather conditions before beginning work.
Explain a time you coordinated this work with someone else. How did you communicate?
5. Measure felled trees and cut them into specified log lengths, using chain saws and axes.
How would you handle an unfamiliar part of this task? Identify what you would need to learn.
6. Insert jacks or drive wedges behind saws to prevent binding of saws and to start trees falling.
What evidence would show this task was completed successfully?
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Pick an occupational task, then outline a real example. This is practice, not a prediction of an employer’s questions.
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Saw back-cuts, leaving sufficient sound wood to control direction of fall.
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Questions to ask the interviewer
- Which of these occupational tasks takes the most time on your team?
- How do you measure success in the first three months?
- Which tools, training and support are available for this role?
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