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“Timber Buyer” 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
- Raw Material Manager
- Procurement Forester
- Log Yard Manager
- Log Scaler
- Log Grader
- Log Check Scaler
- Log Buyer
- Inspector
- Timber Estimator
- Timber Buyer
- 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 Buyer”
- 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.
- Weigh log trucks before and after unloading, and record load weights and supplier identities.
- Tend conveyor chains that move logs to and from scaling stations.
- 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.
- 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.
- Paint identification marks of specified colors on logs to identify grades or species, using spray cans, or call out grades to log markers.
- Communicate with coworkers by using signals to direct log movement.
- Saw felled trees into lengths.
- Measure log lengths and mark boles for bucking into logs, according to specifications.
Related Technology & Tools
- Log calipers
- Lumber crayons
- Wood moisture meters
- Ball peen hammers
- Laptop computers
- Handheld computers
- Logger tapes
- Chain saws
- Single-bit hatchets
- X-ray log scanners
- Hand calculators
- Tree scale sticks
- Forestry safety glasses
- Log counters
- Digital measuring wheels
- Log truck scales
- Tablet computers
- Personal computers
- 3D laser scanning systems
- Safety whistles
- Forestry hard hats
- Light curtains
- Atterbury Consultants SuperACE/FLIPS
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word