How do they match: Log Graders and Scalers

  • Log Graders and Scalers

  • Forester
  • Inspector
  • Contract Forester
  • Deck Specialist
  • Materials Inspector
  • Procurement Forester
  • Raw Materials Inspector
  • Weighing Inspection Inspector
  • Wood Procurement Forester

  • 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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Measure log lengths and mark boles for bucking into logs, according to specifications.
  • Paint identification marks of specified colors on logs to identify grades or species, using spray cans, or call out grades to log markers.

  • Mark agricultural or forestry products for identification.
  • Measure physical characteristics of forestry or agricultural products.
  • Operate forestry equipment.
  • Record agricultural or forestry inventory data.