Arrange for hauling of logs to appropriate mill sites.

“Arrange for hauling of logs to appropriate mill sites.” is a supplemental task performed by Log Graders and Scalers. Among the occupation's 13 rated tasks, workers place it 7th by importance (#7 most important). About 46% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures. in Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Evaluate log characteristics and determine grades, using established criteria. · importance 4.7
• Record data about individual trees or load volumes into tally books or hand-held collection terminals. · importance 4.6
• Measure felled logs or loads of pulpwood to calculate volume, weight, dimensions, and marketable value, using measuring devices and conversion tables. · importance 4.5
• Paint identification marks of specified colors on logs to identify grades or species, using spray cans, or call out grades to log markers. · importance 4.4
• Jab logs with metal ends of scale sticks, and inspect logs to ascertain characteristics or defects such as water damage, splits, knots, broken ends, rotten areas, twists, and curves. · importance 4.3
• Identify logs of substandard or special grade so that they can be returned to shippers, regraded, recut, or transferred for other processing. · importance 4.3
• Weigh log trucks before and after unloading, and record load weights and supplier identities. · importance 4.2
• Measure log lengths and mark boles for bucking into logs, according to specifications. · importance 4.1
• Communicate with coworkers by signals to direct log movement. · importance 4.1
• Drive to sawmills, wharfs, or skids to inspect logs or pulpwood. · importance 4.0
• Saw felled trees into lengths. · importance 3.9
• Tend conveyor chains that move logs to and from scaling stations.

See all tasks on the Log Graders and Scalers page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-21015,
  title  = {Arrange for hauling of logs to appropriate mill sites.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-21015}
}