Grade and segregate the Burnt Creek salvage logs

You are a log yard operator on day shift at the Heyfield sawmill.

Simulated workplaceEntry missionCAQA Timberline Forest and Wood Products

What is going on

Two loads of Messmate salvage log from coupe GP-09C Burnt Creek arrived yesterday afternoon and were unloaded into bay 9 without being measured or marked because the grader had finished for the day. The batch is recorded in the Log Yard and Stock Register as LB-26-0917, status Received, 27.5 cubic metres by docket. The band mill wants to start on appearance grade hardwood at 10:00 am and the Sawmill Manager needs to know how much of the batch is band mill quality. The logs show fire scarring on the bark, some end splits and, on one log, a fencing staple visible near the butt. Bay 9 is a certified bay and both loads carry certified dockets from a Timberline coupe.

Tomasz Wierzbicki, Sawmill Manager
Subject: Two loads of Messmate salvage log in bay 9 need grading

Batch LB-26-0917 came in from Burnt Creek yesterday and is sitting in bay 9 unmarked. I need the logs measured, graded, colour coded and tallied against the load docket before the morning shift wants to feed the band mill. Follow the Log Yard Receiving, Grading and Segregation Procedure. Some of the logs have fire scarring and end splits, so I expect a proportion to go to yellow or red. Update the register when you are done and tell me if the tally is out by more than 3 percent.

Your brief

Measure, tally, grade, colour code and segregate the LB-26-0917 batch in line with the log yard procedure, update the register, quarantine any log with metal or contamination, and report the tally and grade split to the Sawmill Manager.

Work through it

You do not need to do it all. Doing a few of these will show you what the work is like. Your ticks and notes stay on this device.

Read the Log Yard Receiving, Grading and Segregation Procedure and the Quality and Product Care Policy and note the colour code for each grade and destination.
Open batch LB-26-0917 in the Log Yard and Stock Register and compare the docket volume with your own measurement of small end diameter and length for each log.
Grade each log for sweep, end splits, rot, fire damage and metal, assign the grade and mark the log end with the correct colour code.
Move the log with the visible staple to the quarantine bay, mark it with a white cross and record it as a separate register line with status Received and a note.
Update the register line for the batch with the grade split, the volume by grade and the bay for each grade, keeping certified logs in certified bays.
Calculate the difference between the docket volume and your tally and, if it exceeds 3 percent, record it and report it to the Sawmill Manager before accepting the docket.
Record one hazard you managed while working in the yard, such as pedestrian and loader separation, as an entry in the Safety and Environment Register.

My notes: what did I enjoy, and what surprised me?

What someone in this role would produce

Updated Log Yard and Stock Register entries for LB-26-0917 and the quarantined log
Tally sheet showing measurements, grades and volumes by grade
A short report to the Sawmill Manager with the grade split and any docket discrepancy
One Safety and Environment Register entry

Printing this is a record of what you explored. It is not a certificate or a qualification.