As a Timber Trader, you will need to master following:

• advise on timber-based products
• carry out purchasing operations in the timber business
• handle timber-based products
• inspect timber
• manage timber orders
• manage timber stocks
• process returned timber products
• timber products
• write technical reports related to trees

More generally, a timber trader is also versed in:

• check quality of raw materials
• distinguish wood quality
• handle timber
• inspect trees
• manage budgets
• negotiate price
• sell processed timber in a commercial environment
• study prices of wood products

It also helps to know the following:

• advise on timber harvest
• comply with timber trade code of conduct
• conduct land surveys
• coordinate timber sales
• guarantee customer satisfaction
• implement sales strategies
• manage forests
• manage logs segregation and stacking
• monitor forest health
• monitor forest productivity
• monitor logging operations
• operate forestry machinery
• pack timber products
• work in a forestry team
• identify market niches
• implement marketing strategies
• process collected survey data
• read maps
• report the results of treatment