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“Landing Scaler” will almost certainly be replaced by robots.
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Job Description
Grade logs or estimate the marketable content or value of logs or pulpwood in sorting yards, millpond, log deck, or similar locations. Inspect logs for defects or measure logs to determine volume.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 45-4023.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 38,150.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 18.00
- Currently, there are 3,020 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Log Graders and Scalers”.
Also Known As…
- Log Graders and Scalers
- Veneer Grader
- Timber Buyer
- Raw Material Manager
- Procurement Forester
- Log Yard Manager
- Log Scaler
- Log Grader
- Log Check Scaler
- Log Buyer
- Inspector
- Timber Estimator
- Scaler
- Pondman
- Pond Scaler
- Pond Monkey
- Log Yard Operator
- Log Sorter
- Log Marker
- Log Manager
- Forester
- Deckman
- Decker
- Deck Specialist
- Deck Scaler
- Contract Forester
- Compounding Scaler
- Check Scaler
Tasks for “Landing Scaler”
- Record data about individual trees or load volumes into tally books or hand-held collection terminals.
- Saw felled trees into lengths.
- Evaluate log characteristics and determine grades, using established criteria.
- Measure log lengths and mark boles for bucking into logs, according to specifications.
- Weigh log trucks before and after unloading, and record load weights and supplier identities.
- Communicate with coworkers by using signals to direct log movement.
- Paint identification marks of specified colors on logs to identify grades or species, using spray cans, or call out grades to log markers.
- Identify logs of substandard or special grade so that they can be returned to shippers, regraded, recut, or transferred for other processing.
- Tend conveyor chains that move logs to and from scaling stations.
- Jab logs with metal ends of scale sticks, and inspect logs to ascertain characteristics or defects such as water damage, splits, knots, broken ends, rotten areas, twists, and curves.
- Measure felled logs or loads of pulpwood to calculate volume, weight, dimensions, and marketable value, using measuring devices and conversion tables.
- Drive to sawmills, wharfs, or skids to inspect logs or pulpwood.
Related Technology & Tools
- Hand calculators
- Forestry hard hats
- Lumber crayons
- Logger tapes
- Ball peen hammers
- 3D laser scanning systems
- Handheld computers
- Tree scale sticks
- Safety whistles
- Chain saws
- Digital measuring wheels
- Log truck scales
- Laptop computers
- Forestry safety glasses
- Wood moisture meters
- Tablet computers
- Log counters
- Log calipers
- Single-bit hatchets
- Light curtains
- X-ray log scanners
- Personal computers
- Atterbury Consultants SuperACE/FLIPS
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word