(Career Asssessments, Exploration & Counselling)
Career: Log Graders and Scalers
Job Description
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.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
98
|
Record data about individual trees or load volumes into tally books or hand-held collection terminals. |
94
|
Evaluate log characteristics and determine grades, using established criteria. |
90
|
Paint identification marks of specified colors on logs to identify grades or species, using spray cans, or call out grades to log markers. |
89
|
Measure log lengths and mark boles for bucking into logs, according to specifications. |
88
|
Identify logs of substandard or special grade so that they can be returned to shippers, regraded, recut, or transferred for other processing. |
87
|
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. |
82
|
Measure felled logs or loads of pulpwood to calculate volume, weight, dimensions, and marketable value, using measuring devices and conversion tables. |
68
|
Drive to sawmills, wharfs, or skids to inspect logs or pulpwood. |
64
|
Communicate with coworkers by using signals to direct log movement. |
52
|
Saw felled trees into lengths. |
44
|
Weigh log trucks before and after unloading, and record load weights and supplier identities. |
20
|
Tend conveyor chains that move logs to and from scaling stations. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
77
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
72
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
70
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
68
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
67
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
67
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
65
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
64
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
63
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
62
|
Processing Information
|
61
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
60
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
60
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
59
|
Getting Information
|
59
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
53
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
53
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
52
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
52
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
52
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
50
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
47
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
47
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
42
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
39
|
Thinking Creatively
|
38
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
37
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
37
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
36
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
36
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
33
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
33
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
32
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
32
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
31
|
Interacting With Computers
|
31
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
30
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
20
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|
18
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
10
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
9
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|