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Log Graders and Scalers

$42.37K Median Salary 700 Job Openings (Annual Projection) 7.5% Job Growth

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About This Career

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.

Reported Job Titles

Log Buyer, Log Check Scaler, Log Grader, Log Scaler, Lumber Grader, Scaler, Timber Buyer

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Abilities

Near Vision

Problem Sensitivity

Oral Comprehension

Oral Expression

Category Flexibility

Deductive Reasoning

Inductive Reasoning

Far Vision

Flexibility of Closure

Perceptual Speed

Written Expression

Arm-Hand Steadiness

Control Precision

Finger Dexterity

Information Ordering

Manual Dexterity

Mathematical Reasoning

Number Facility

Selective Attention

Speech Clarity

Speech Recognition

Visual Color Discrimination

Written Comprehension

Knowledge

Production and Processing

Mathematics

Customer and Personal Service

Administration and Management

Skills

Active Listening

Critical Thinking

Speaking

Active Learning

Coordination

Judgment and Decision Making

Monitoring

Writing

Technology Skills

Data base user interface and query software

Presentation software

Spreadsheet software

Electronic mail software

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

Office suite software

Operating system software

Word processing software

Inventory management software

Customer relationship management CRM software

Tools

Measuring tapes

Hard hats

Truck or rail scales

Infrared imagers

Calipers

Measuring rods

Safety horns

Safety glasses

Electronic counters

Notebook computers

Moisture meters

Hatchets

Laser measuring systems

Portable data input terminals

Measuring wheels for distance

Ball peen hammer

Pocket calculator

X ray radiography examination equipment

Crayons

Power saws

Personal computers

Tablet computers

Abilities

Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Far Vision: The ability to see details at a distance.
Flexibility of Closure: The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
Perceptual Speed: The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Arm-Hand Steadiness: The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
Control Precision: The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
Finger Dexterity: The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Manual Dexterity: The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Mathematical Reasoning: The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
Number Facility: The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Visual Color Discrimination: The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

Knowledge

Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Skills

Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Technology Skills

Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Enterprise resource planning ERP software: Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne; Oracle PeopleSoft; Oracle PeopleSoft Financials; SAP software
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Operating system software: Microsoft Windows
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Inventory management software: Assisi Software Assisi Inventory
Customer relationship management CRM software: Blackbaud The Raiser's Edge; Microsoft Dynamics; Salesforce.com Salesforce CRM

Tools

Measuring tapes: Precision tape measures
Hard hats:
Truck or rail scales: Monorail scales; Railway track scales
Infrared imagers: Infrared analyzers
Calipers: Dial calipers; Digital calipers; Vernier calipers
Measuring rods: Surveyors leveling rods
Safety horns: Warning whistles
Safety glasses: Protective safety glasses
Electronic counters: Particle counters
Notebook computers: Laptop computers
Moisture meters:
Hatchets: Carpenters' hatchets; Metric roofing hatchets; Standard roofing hatchets; Wood shingling hatchets
Laser measuring systems: Laser shearography flaw detectors; Verisurf Master3DGage
Portable data input terminals: Data acquisition equipment; Data loggers
Measuring wheels for distance: Distance measuring wheels
Ball peen hammer: Ball peen hammers
Pocket calculator: Handheld calculators
X ray radiography examination equipment: Radiographic flaw detectors
Crayons: Lumber crayons
Power saws: Chain saws
Personal computers:
Tablet computers: