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Log Graders and Scalers: reported tasks and exploration worksheet
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.
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This source lists 12 tasks, including 6 marked Core and 6 marked Supplemental. Labels and dates are retained below. Employers can combine or divide these responsibilities differently; explore the task itself before assuming it belongs in every version of the role.
Task source dates: 07/2017.
12 tasks shown
Core · Task 9811 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Evaluate log characteristics and determine grades, using established criteria.
Core · Task 9812 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Record data about individual trees or load volumes into tally books or hand-held collection terminals.
Core · Task 9814 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Measure felled logs or loads of pulpwood to calculate volume, weight, dimensions, and marketable value, using measuring devices and conversion tables.
Core · Task 9813 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
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 9817 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
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 9816 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Identify logs of substandard or special grade so that they can be returned to shippers, regraded, recut, or transferred for other processing.
Supplemental · Task 21015 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Arrange for hauling of logs to appropriate mill sites.
Supplemental · Task 9820 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Weigh log trucks before and after unloading, and record load weights and supplier identities.
Supplemental · Task 9815 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Measure log lengths and mark boles for bucking into logs, according to specifications.
Supplemental · Task 9819 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Communicate with coworkers by signals to direct log movement.
Supplemental · Task 9818 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Drive to sawmills, wharfs, or skids to inspect logs or pulpwood.
Supplemental · Task 9821 · 07/2017 · Incumbent
Saw felled trees into lengths.
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