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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”
- Paint identification marks of specified colors on logs to identify grades or species, using spray cans, or call out grades to log markers.
- Weigh log trucks before and after unloading, and record load weights and supplier identities.
- Communicate with coworkers by using signals to direct log movement.
- 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.
- Drive to sawmills, wharfs, or skids to inspect logs or pulpwood.
- 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.
- 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.
- Record data about individual trees or load volumes into tally books or hand-held collection terminals.
- Tend conveyor chains that move logs to and from scaling stations.
- Saw felled trees into lengths.
Related Technology & Tools
- Logger tapes
- Tablet computers
- Laptop computers
- Wood moisture meters
- Chain saws
- Safety whistles
- Tree scale sticks
- Light curtains
- Single-bit hatchets
- Log calipers
- Digital measuring wheels
- Ball peen hammers
- X-ray log scanners
- Forestry safety glasses
- Log counters
- Handheld computers
- Lumber crayons
- 3D laser scanning systems
- Hand calculators
- Forestry hard hats
- Personal computers
- Log truck scales
- Atterbury Consultants SuperACE/FLIPS
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel