Inspects and grades milled, rough sawed, or dimensional stock lumber by performing the following duties.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- 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.
- Other duties may be assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Watches over Grade Lumber Stacker(s).
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/or 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 Skills:
- 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.
Mathematical Skills:
- 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 Abilities:
- 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.
Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations:
- NHLA Certification.
Physical Demands:
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 Evironment:
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.
AJD Forest Products LP in Grayling, Michigan, is the original Lakes States industrial hardwood lumber sawmill. We produce high-grade red oak, hard and soft maple, aspen, ash, and basswood. Since 1974, we've been the producers of the best quality industrial lumber in the Lake States.
For more than 40 years, our reputation for quality has never wavered. Many of our customers have been with us for more than 20 years. When you want a good product to process in your plant and not have to deal with a lot of waste, you need to buy from us.
Apply in person at AJD Forest Products 4440 West 4 Mile Road Grayling, MI 49738 or email resume to: hr@ajdforestproducts.com