A professional who contacts landowners to negotiate purchase of Christmas trees and arranges with contractors to cut trees. Responsibilities include:

• Contacts owners of forest lands prior to cutting season to negotiate contracts for purchase of trees.
• Surveys stumpage (standing timber) to determine approximate tree yield and informs property owner of types and sizes of trees desired.
• Confers with cutting contractors to arrange for cutting trees on leased lands and establishes piecework rate based on grade and size of trees cut.
• May supervise operations in district during cutting season.