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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
Also Known As…
- 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
- Landing Scaler
- Forester
- Deckman
- Decker
- Deck Specialist
- Deck Scaler
- Contract Forester
- Compounding Scaler
- Check Scaler
Tasks for “Log Graders and Scalers”
- 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.
- Drive to sawmills, wharfs, or skids to inspect logs or pulpwood.
- Saw felled trees into lengths.
- 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.
- Measure log lengths and mark boles for bucking into logs, according to specifications.
- 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.
- 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.
- Identify logs of substandard or special grade so that they can be returned to shippers, regraded, recut, or transferred for other processing.
Related Technology & Tools
- Wood moisture meters
- Laptop computers
- Single-bit hatchets
- Tree scale sticks
- Log truck scales
- Handheld computers
- Ball peen hammers
- Lumber crayons
- Light curtains
- Tablet computers
- Personal computers
- Log calipers
- Log counters
- Forestry hard hats
- Digital measuring wheels
- Hand calculators
- Chain saws
- 3D laser scanning systems
- Safety whistles
- X-ray log scanners
- Logger tapes
- Forestry safety glasses
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
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