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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
- Scaler
- Pondman
- Pond Scaler
- Pond Monkey
- Log Yard Operator
- Log Sorter
- Log Marker
- Log Manager
- Landing Scaler
- Forester
- Deckman
- Decker
- Deck Specialist
- Deck Scaler
- Contract Forester
- Compounding Scaler
- Check Scaler
Tasks for “Timber Estimator”
- Tend conveyor chains that move logs to and from scaling stations.
- 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.
- Record data about individual trees or load volumes into tally books or hand-held collection terminals.
- Paint identification marks of specified colors on logs to identify grades or species, using spray cans, or call out grades to log markers.
- Evaluate log characteristics and determine grades, using established criteria.
- 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.
- Drive to sawmills, wharfs, or skids to inspect logs or pulpwood.
- 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.
- Communicate with coworkers by using signals to direct log movement.
Related Technology & Tools
- Personal computers
- Forestry hard hats
- 3D laser scanning systems
- Log truck scales
- Log counters
- Wood moisture meters
- Hand calculators
- Chain saws
- Tablet computers
- Laptop computers
- Lumber crayons
- Ball peen hammers
- Safety whistles
- Light curtains
- Handheld computers
- Forestry safety glasses
- Log calipers
- Tree scale sticks
- Single-bit hatchets
- X-ray log scanners
- Logger tapes
- Digital measuring wheels
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
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