AJD Forest Products in Grayling is accepting applications for a Lumber Grader.
Summary
Inspects and grades milled, rough sawed, or dimensional stock lumber by performing the following duties.
Essential Duties
Other duties may be assigned.
- Examines lumber for defects such as knots, stains, decay, splits, faulty edges, pitch pockets, wormholes, and defective milling
- Grades lumber to ensure specified dimensions
- Marks lumber to indicate grade and processing instructions
- Tallies pieces of lumber according to grade and board footage
- Determines cuts to be made to obtain highest marketable value from material
- Removes unsatisfactory pieces table and planes pieces on stacks
- Scales board footage and records results
Supervisory Responsibilities
- Watches over Grade Lumber Stacker(s).
Qualifications
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and Experience
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or three to six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Language Skill
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups.
Math Skill
- Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
Reasoning Ability
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Certification
Physical Demand
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and climb or balance and stoop, kneel, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
- The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals, and outdoor weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
