Will “Landing Scaler” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

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”

• Tend conveyor chains that move logs to and from scaling stations.
• Record data about individual trees or load volumes into tally books or hand-held collection terminals.
• 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.
• Identify logs of substandard or special grade so that they can be returned to shippers, regraded, recut, or transferred for other processing.
• Saw felled trees into lengths.
• Communicate with coworkers by using signals to direct log movement.
• Drive to sawmills, wharfs, or skids to inspect logs or pulpwood.
• Measure felled logs or loads of pulpwood to calculate volume, weight, dimensions, and marketable value, using measuring devices and conversion tables.
• 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.
• Weigh log trucks before and after unloading, and record load weights and supplier identities.
• Evaluate log characteristics and determine grades, using established criteria.

Related Technology & Tools

• Log calipers
• X-ray log scanners
• Digital measuring wheels
• Handheld computers
• Tablet computers
• 3D laser scanning systems
• Forestry safety glasses
• Personal computers
• Logger tapes
• Single-bit hatchets
• Safety whistles
• Light curtains
• Wood moisture meters
• Log truck scales
• Chain saws
• Tree scale sticks
• Ball peen hammers
• Hand calculators
• Log counters
• Lumber crayons
• Forestry hard hats
• Laptop computers

• Atterbury Consultants SuperACE/FLIPS
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel