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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.

$45,600
Median Pay
Less than 6 months
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AI Resilience Score

Score 2/6: low AI task exposure, declining job demand, limited human advantage indicates this career is being transformed by AI

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AI Exposure
Low+2

21% of tasks can be accelerated by AI

Job Growth
Declining+0

-1% projected (2024-2034)

Human Advantage
Weak+0

EPOCH score: 10/25

Total Score2/6
Methodology: v2.0 - GPTs are GPTs / BLS / EPOCH Additive ScoringUpdated: 2026-01-09
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Key Responsibilities

  • Evaluate log characteristics and determine grades, using established criteria.
  • Record data about individual trees or load volumes into tally books or hand-held collection terminals.
  • Measure felled logs or loads of pulpwood to calculate volume, weight, dimensions, and marketable value, using measuring devices and conversion tables.
  • Paint identification marks of specified colors on logs to identify grades or species, using spray cans, or call out grades to log markers.
  • 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.
  • Identify logs of substandard or special grade so that they can be returned to shippers, regraded, recut, or transferred for other processing.

Education & Training

Typical Entry Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Time to Job Ready

0-1 years

Based on Job Zone 2. For formal education duration only, see education_duration.

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Key Abilities

Near VisionProblem SensitivityOral ComprehensionOral ExpressionDeductive ReasoningInductive ReasoningCategory FlexibilityWritten ExpressionFlexibility of ClosurePerceptual Speed

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Compensation Details

$33,060
10th Percentile
$45,600
Median
$62,360
90th Percentile

Based on 3,640 employed workers

Also Known As

Check ScalerCompounding ScalerDeck ScalerDeck SpecialistDeckerDeckmanLanding ScalerLog BuyerLog Check ScalerLog Grader

Data from O*NET 30.1 and BLS Occupational Employment Statistics

O*NET Code: 45-4023.00