A professional who estimates marketable content of logs or pulpwood. Respnsibilities include:

• Measures dimensions of each log or entire loads of pulpwood, using scale stick, tape measure, or other measuring device.
• Determines total board feet, cordage, or other wood unit, using conversion table.
• Inspects logs or pulpwood for rot, knots, and other defects, deducts estimated waste from total volume, and records results.
• May identify logs of substandard or special grade for return to shipper or transfer to other processes.
• May weigh log trucks before and after unloading, and record weight data and supplier.
• May tend conveyor chain that moves logs to and from scaling station.
• May be designated according to work location as Deck Scaler; Landing Scaler; Pond Scaler; or item scaled as Pulpwood Scaler.