How do they match: Log Graders and Scalers

  • Log Graders and Scalers

  • Log Buyer
  • Log Check Scaler
  • Log Grader
  • Log Manager
  • Log Marker
  • Log Scaler
  • Log Sorter
  • Log Yard Manager
  • Log Yard Operator

  • 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.

  • Arrange for hauling of logs to appropriate mill sites.
  • Communicate with coworkers by signals to direct log movement.
  • Drive to sawmills, wharfs, or skids to inspect logs or pulpwood.
  • Evaluate log characteristics and determine grades, using established criteria.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Tend conveyor chains that move logs to and from scaling stations.
  • Weigh log trucks before and after unloading, and record load weights and supplier identities.

  • Cut trees or logs.
  • Evaluate log quality.
  • Record agricultural or forestry inventory data.