Jobs / Physical work / 45-4023.00
Log Graders and Scalers
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.
- US jobs
- 3,070
- Median wage
- $46,330 a year
- Job family
- Physical work
Can agents do the work of log graders and scalers?
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Typical tasks
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- Evaluate log characteristics and determine grades, using established criteria.
- Record data about individual trees or load volumes into tally books or hand-held collection terminals.
- 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.
- 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.
- Identify logs of substandard or special grade so that they can be returned to shippers, regraded, recut, or transferred for other processing.
- Arrange for hauling of logs to appropriate mill sites.
- Weigh log trucks before and after unloading, and record load weights and supplier identities.
- Measure log lengths and mark boles for bucking into logs, according to specifications.
- Communicate with coworkers by signals to direct log movement.
- Drive to sawmills, wharfs, or skids to inspect logs or pulpwood.
- Saw felled trees into lengths.
Other job titles for this occupation (24)
Log Buyer · Log Check Scaler · Log Grader · Log Scaler · Lumber Grader · Scaler · Timber Buyer · Check Scaler · Compounding Scaler · Deck Scaler · Deck Specialist · Decker · Deckman · Landing Scaler · Log Marker · Log Sorter · Materials Inspector · Pond Scaler · Pondman · Raw Materials Inspector · Scale Technician · Timber Estimator · Veneer Grader · Weighing Inspection Inspector