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Logging Training Program Intern

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

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SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Communication Skills, Equipment Maintenance/Repair, Forestry, Human Resources, John Deere Equipment, Lift/Move 40 Pounds, Material Moving, Operational Audit, Operations Management, Operations Research, Process Management, Quality Control, Resource Management, Secondary School, Silviculture, Skidder, Surveying, Team Player, Training Program, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Wheel/Front-End Loader
LOCATION
Corvallis, OR
POSTED
Today
Position Details

Position Information

Job Title
Logging Training Program Intern

Appointment Type
Student Employee

Job Location
Corvallis

Position Appointment Percent
100

Appointment Basis
12

Pay Method
Hourly

Pay Period
16th - 15th of the following month

Pay Date
Last working day of the month

Remote or Hybrid option?

Min Hourly Rate
$15.05 (Standard); $14.05 (Non-Urban); $16.30 (Portland Metro)

Max Hourly Rate
$21.50 (Standard); $19.50 (Non-Urban); $22.00 (Portland Metro)

Position Summary

This recruitment will be used to fill six to eight (6-8) part-time (a maximum of 24 hours per week during academic terms and up to 40 hours per week during term breaks) Student Technical Assistant (Student Logging Training Program, (SLTP) Intern) positions for the College of Forestry at Oregon State University (OSU).

These positions support OSU Forest Engineering, Resources, and Management (FERM) Department and OSU Research Forests (OSURF) management activities, associated with the Student Logging Training Program and related FERM and OSURF projects. These positions will work with the SLTP Manager to accomplish operational, harvest, and general forest management related duties.

Transferable Skill Development

OSU is committed to ensuring students are prepared for success after graduation through intentional skill development as student employees. The competencies students develop while working at OSU are defined by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) as the essential skills employers seek in their hires. In this position, students learn and build vital career-readiness skills in the primary areas below:

Communication, Teamwork, Professionalism, Career & Self-Development

Position Duties

The hire will perform all phases of designing, analyzing, and safely implementing commercial thinning with the Koller K501 yarder and associated operational equipment (Link-Belt 3240 Log Loader, John Deere 648 Skidder).

Work typically includes:
  • Development of a Resource Management Plan
  • Unit layout and design
  • Timber measurements and marking
  • Running profiles and performing payload analysis,
  • Chainsaw operation, timber felling, limbing, and bucking
  • Cable system rigging and chokersetting Yarding, skidding, sorting, decking of logs
  • Log quality control
  • Equipment maintenance and operation
  • Other tasks as assigned
This job is a great opportunity to be exposed to all phases of a logging operation while providing for application of skills learned in the classroom. The work program is designed as a logging training program for interested and qualified students. There may also be opportunities to assist with harvest operations projects and research outside of the student thinning operation.

The hire will be driving OSU Motor Pool, College, or University owned vehicles, and/or personal vehicles throughout the OSU Research Forests, both locally and statewide, to access work sites in the field. Students may be required to provide their own transportation to local work sites.

Minimum Qualifications

Full Employment Eligibility Requirements can be found here:
  • Must be academically enrolled in a high school, community college, or university and pursuing a program or course of study
  • Must meet Academic Standing Requirements; students on academic suspension are not eligible for employment
  • Must meet the applicable minimal enrollment standard
    • High School student: Regularly enrolled in a high school or participating in a home-schooling program
    • Undergraduate and post-baccalaureate student: 6 credit hours per term
    • Undergraduate international student: 12 credit hours per term*
    • Graduate student officially admitted to Graduate School: 5 credit hours per term
    • Graduate international student officially admitted to Graduate School: 9 credit hours per term*
*International students may be allowed to carry fewer hours than specified above and still be considered "full-time" by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). A reduced course load is approved by the Office of International Services (OIS), and must be provided to the Student Employment Center.

Additional Required Qualifications
  • Completion of first year coursework in Forest Engineering, FE/CE, Forest Operations Management, or Forestry.
  • Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
  • Ability to safely work and communicate well with other logging personnel, land managers, and supervisors.
  • "CAN DO" attitude! TEAM worker.
  • Neat writing skills, keyboarding skills, computer use skills.
  • Calk boots, hardhat, rain gear, and Leatherman (or similar) tool. Cruisers vest by summer season.
Preferred (Special) Qualifications
  • Completion of second year coursework in Forest Engineering, FE/CE, Forest Operations Management, or Forest Management.
  • Ideally, coursework in surveying, mensuration, silviculture, harvest processes, logging management, and forest operations analysis.
  • Prior logging experience is not required.


Working Conditions / Work Schedule

These positions are based at the Harvest Systems Lab at OSU Research Forests office complex at Peavy Arboretum; Incumbents are required to provide their own transportation to and from Peavy Arboretum.

These positions are required to work in a forested environment with steep slopes, uneven and brushy terrain, with exposure to biting and/or stinging insects and poison oak, and in all weather conditions (including heat, cold, rain, snow, and wind).

The ability to lift/carry/push/pull objects weighing up to 40 pounds is required. The work schedule during academic terms will be flexible to accommodate student coursework. The ability to work full-time (40 hours per week) during summer breaks is preferred.

Successful applicants will be expected to make a one (1) year commitment (1 JAN 2026 to 31 DEC 2026). Expectation to work 12 - 20 hours per week during the school year (as class schedules permit) and full time during the 2026 summer.

DURATION:

Training (office & field) during Winter and Spring 2026 terms, hours TBD per week. Part time; 12 - 20 hours per week during the school year. Full time; summer field season (approx. mid-June - late Sept. 2026). Continuing through Fall Term 2026.

COMPENSATION:

$15.50 per hour initial training wage; operational wage increases, commensurate with qualifications.

Posting Detail Information

Posting Number
P12630SE

Number of Vacancies
8

Anticipated Appointment Begin Date
12/16/2025

Anticipated Appointment End Date
12/31/2026

Posting Date
11/20/2025

Full Consideration Date
12/03/2025

Closing Date
06/30/2026

Indicate how you intend to recruit for this search
Competitive / Student - open to ALL qualified/eligible students

Special Instructions to Applicants

When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents:

1. A Resume/Vita

2. A cover letter indicating how your qualifications and experience have prepared you for this position
3. Transcripts (Unofficial)
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and similar programs to generate your Cover Letter and/or Resume will void your application and eliminate you from the applicant pool.

For additional information please contact: Steve Pilkerton, CF PE at steve.pilkerton@oregonstate.edu.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability, protected veteran, and other protected status.

This position is designated as a critical or security-sensitive position; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a criminal history check and be determined to be position qualified as per OSU Standard 576-055-0000 et seq. Incumbents are required to self-report convictions and those in youth programs may have additional criminal history checks every 24 months.

This position requires driving a University vehicle or a personal vehicle on behalf of the University; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a Motor Vehicle History Check, possess and maintain a current, valid driver's license in their state of residence, be determined to be position qualified and self-report convictions (as per Voluntary and Compulsory Driver Standards OSU Standard 125-155-0200) as per OSU Standard 576056-0000 et seq.

OSU will conduct a review of the National Sex Offender Public website prior to hire.

Note: All job offers are contingent upon Human Resources final approval.

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