Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a lumber grader can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a lumber grader already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Lumber graders inspect lumber, or wood cut into planks. They test the lumber, look for irregularities and grade the wood based on quality and desirability of the pattern.

Also known as head lumber tester, lumber tester, head lumber proofer, head lumber quality tester, lumber quality tester, head lumber grader, lumber proofer, lumber quality grader, head lumber quality grader.

Craft and related trades workers 54 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: product grader, 76%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
product grader 76% covered pulp grader 73% covered metal product quality control… 52% covered wood products assembler 45% covered non-destructive testing speci… 45% covered lumber grader You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from lumber grader, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a lumber grader already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A lumber grader needs 33 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • examine lumber information skills
  • grade lumber information skills
  • mark lumber handling and moving
  • tally lumber information skills
  • distinguish lumber categories handling and moving
  • grading systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • distinguish wood quality information skills
  • define data quality criteria management skills
  • timber products engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • apply safety management assisting and caring
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a lumber grader does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Lumber grader is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a lumber grader’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.