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.
- Tasks
- 12 tasks6 core, 6 supplemental
- Family
- Farming, Fishing & ForestryOne of its 14 occupations
- Code
- 45-4023.00SOC 2018: 45-4023
What the work is made of
6 core tasks and 6 supplemental, each quoted as published, with the survey it came from.
Core: central to the jobSupplemental: done by some, not all
- Task 1. Evaluate log characteristics and determine grades, using established criteria.Core taskTask 9811Rated by 75 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 2. Record data about individual trees or load volumes into tally books or hand-held collection terminals.Core taskTask 9812Rated by 75 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 3. Measure felled logs or loads of pulpwood to calculate volume, weight, dimensions, and marketable value, using measuring devices and conversion tables.Core taskTask 9814Rated by 75 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 4. Paint identification marks of specified colors on logs to identify grades or species, using spray cans, or call out grades to log markers.Core taskTask 9813Rated by 76 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 5. 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.Core taskTask 9817Rated by 76 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 6. Identify logs of substandard or special grade so that they can be returned to shippers, regraded, recut, or transferred for other processing.Core taskTask 9816Rated by 75 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 7. Arrange for hauling of logs to appropriate mill sites.Supplemental taskTask 21015Rated by 76 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 8. Weigh log trucks before and after unloading, and record load weights and supplier identities.Supplemental taskTask 9820Rated by 74 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 9. Measure log lengths and mark boles for bucking into logs, according to specifications.Supplemental taskTask 9815Rated by 76 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 10. Communicate with coworkers by signals to direct log movement.Supplemental taskTask 9819Rated by 75 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 11. Drive to sawmills, wharfs, or skids to inspect logs or pulpwood.Supplemental taskTask 9818Rated by 75 people who do the job, July 2017
- Task 12. Saw felled trees into lengths.Supplemental taskTask 9821Rated by 74 people who do the job, July 2017
Where this comes from
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How we copy and credit sources- Published byO*NET 29.0, U.S. Department of LaborEmployment and Training Administration
- ClassificationStandard Occupational Classification 2018, 45-4023
- LicenseCC BY 4.0Free to copy and reuse, with credit
- Changed by usNothing.
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