# 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.

- Code: 45-4023.00 (O*NET-SOC; SOC 2018 45-4023)
- Family: [Farming, Fishing & Forestry](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations#family-45), one of its 14 occupations
- Tasks: 12 tasks (6 core and 6 supplemental)
- Page: https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/45-4023.00
- JSON: https://foundation.org.ai/data/tasks/45-4023.00.json

## What the work is made of

1. Evaluate log characteristics and determine grades, using established criteria.  
   Core task · Task 9811 · Rated by 75 people who do the job, July 2017
2. Record data about individual trees or load volumes into tally books or hand-held collection terminals.  
   Core task · Task 9812 · Rated by 75 people who do the job, July 2017
3. Measure felled logs or loads of pulpwood to calculate volume, weight, dimensions, and marketable value, using measuring devices and conversion tables.  
   Core task · Task 9814 · Rated by 75 people who do the job, July 2017
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 task · Task 9813 · Rated by 76 people who do the job, July 2017
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 task · Task 9817 · Rated by 76 people who do the job, July 2017
6. Identify logs of substandard or special grade so that they can be returned to shippers, regraded, recut, or transferred for other processing.  
   Core task · Task 9816 · Rated by 75 people who do the job, July 2017
7. Arrange for hauling of logs to appropriate mill sites.  
   Supplemental task · Task 21015 · Rated by 76 people who do the job, July 2017
8. Weigh log trucks before and after unloading, and record load weights and supplier identities.  
   Supplemental task · Task 9820 · Rated by 74 people who do the job, July 2017
9. Measure log lengths and mark boles for bucking into logs, according to specifications.  
   Supplemental task · Task 9815 · Rated by 76 people who do the job, July 2017
10. Communicate with coworkers by signals to direct log movement.  
   Supplemental task · Task 9819 · Rated by 75 people who do the job, July 2017
11. Drive to sawmills, wharfs, or skids to inspect logs or pulpwood.  
   Supplemental task · Task 9818 · Rated by 75 people who do the job, July 2017
12. Saw felled trees into lengths.  
   Supplemental task · Task 9821 · Rated by 74 people who do the job, July 2017

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## Where this comes from

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