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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare to evaluate logs
   • Review and clarify work order.
   • Identify and assess standards, specifications and lengths of timber products for intended use.
   • Check logs and wood characteristics and identify logs to be graded and recovered.
   • Check safety of site, ensuring log stability for evaluation, grading and marking processes and locate personal protective equipment.
2. Evaluate and mark logs
   • Identify and assess log species for suitability against standard industry specifications and according to organizational policies and procedures.
   • Identify and assess defects against product specifications.
   • Evaluate and grade logs and direct to best end use in line with specifications and site segregation code.
   • Clearly and accurately mark logs for grading or cutting in line with site segregation code.
   • Mark logs that require evaluation by other personnel and report in line with site procedures.
3. Complete grading and marking of logs
   • Measure logs and accurately and clearly record data in line with industry standards.
   • Check and resolve any queries about grading outcomes.
   • Record and report grading and marking results in line with site procedures.

Range Statement

Not Applicable

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Performance Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must satisfy all of the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit. If a specific volume or frequency is not stated below, then evidence must be provided that the following requirements have been performed on at least one occasion:

assess for the purpose of determining the best end use for logs.

use calipers and measuring tools to estimate and measure logs and log defects.

assess defects including allowable length defects involving limbs, multiple length defects, burn scars, bumps, swellings, kinks and bends, straight splits, spiral grain, and associated splits

follow site policies and procedures and industry standards for grading and marking logs

safely and efficiently evaluate, grade and mark logs for segregation

identify log grade.

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Knowledge Evidence

A person competent in this unit must be able to demonstrate knowledge of:

organisational and site standards, policies and procedures for grading and marking logs

mathematical procedures for estimation and measurement of logs

industry standards for log species, size and characteristics, and defects and length dimensions

types of timber products including debarked logs, poles, piles, girders, veneer, graded sawlog, fencing products, non-graded sawlog, pulp

wood characteristics including species, pipe, open pipe, discontinuous and irregular shaped pipes, loose gum veins, gum pockets and rings, termites and grubs, hearts out of centre, brown stain, rot, punk, cork or pith, black borer, black heart, straight shakes, shakes in spiral grain, overgrowth and doze pockets, small log pipe allowance, length, non-allowable length defects

criteria for recycling and re-using timber with defects

procedures to grade and mark logs for segregation, which must include segregation codes

procedures for recording and reporting workplace information.

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