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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”
- Saw felled trees into lengths.
- 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.
- Communicate with coworkers by using signals to direct log movement.
- Record data about individual trees or load volumes into tally books or hand-held collection terminals.
- Identify logs of substandard or special grade so that they can be returned to shippers, regraded, recut, or transferred for other processing.
- Evaluate log characteristics and determine grades, using established criteria.
- Weigh log trucks before and after unloading, and record load weights and supplier identities.
- 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.
- Paint identification marks of specified colors on logs to identify grades or species, using spray cans, or call out grades to log markers.
- Measure log lengths and mark boles for bucking into logs, according to specifications.
- Tend conveyor chains that move logs to and from scaling stations.
Related Technology & Tools
- Digital measuring wheels
- Log calipers
- Tree scale sticks
- Lumber crayons
- Tablet computers
- Light curtains
- Forestry hard hats
- Handheld computers
- Laptop computers
- X-ray log scanners
- Log truck scales
- Forestry safety glasses
- Hand calculators
- Logger tapes
- 3D laser scanning systems
- Safety whistles
- Ball peen hammers
- Single-bit hatchets
- Personal computers
- Chain saws
- Log counters
- Wood moisture meters
- Microsoft Word
- Atterbury Consultants SuperACE/FLIPS
- Microsoft Excel