Will “Log Yard Operator” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
97% Chance of Automation
“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”
- 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.
- Measure log lengths and mark boles for bucking into logs, according to specifications.
- Measure felled logs or loads of pulpwood to calculate volume, weight, dimensions, and marketable value, using measuring devices and conversion tables.
- Weigh log trucks before and after unloading, and record load weights and supplier identities.
- Saw felled trees into lengths.
- Evaluate log characteristics and determine grades, using established criteria.
- 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.
- 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.
- Drive to sawmills, wharfs, or skids to inspect logs or pulpwood.
Related Technology & Tools
- Personal computers
- X-ray log scanners
- Chain saws
- Wood moisture meters
- Handheld computers
- Lumber crayons
- Forestry safety glasses
- Safety whistles
- Forestry hard hats
- Laptop computers
- Digital measuring wheels
- Log calipers
- 3D laser scanning systems
- Tablet computers
- Logger tapes
- Log truck scales
- Single-bit hatchets
- Log counters
- Hand calculators
- Ball peen hammers
- Tree scale sticks
- Light curtains
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
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