According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Evaluate log characteristics and determine grades, using established criteria. | 94% |
| Record data about individual trees or load volumes into tally books or hand-held collection terminals. | 91% |
| Measure felled logs or loads of pulpwood to calculate volume, weight, dimensions, and marketable value, using measuring devices and conversion tables. | 89% |
| Paint identification marks of specified colors on logs to identify grades or species, using spray cans, or call out grades to log markers. | 88% |
| 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. | 86% |
| Identify logs of substandard or special grade so that they can be returned to shippers, regraded, recut, or transferred for other processing. | 85% |
| Arrange for hauling of logs to appropriate mill sites. | 84% |
| Weigh log trucks before and after unloading, and record load weights and supplier identities. | 84% |
| Measure log lengths and mark boles for bucking into logs, according to specifications. | 82% |
| Communicate with coworkers by signals to direct log movement. | 81% |
| Drive to sawmills, wharfs, or skids to inspect logs or pulpwood. | 79% |
| Saw felled trees into lengths. | 78% |
| Tend conveyor chains that move logs to and from scaling stations. | 70% |
