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