Job Description:

• 1) Inspects logs and verifies their conformance to specifications before and during processing into poles for use in power line construction: Examines logs at timber-cutting site and selects logs for poles, inspecting each for soundness and size requirements.

• 2) Tests logs at various times during seasoning period with megger to determine when specified seasoning has been attained.

• 3) Inspects poles after framing to ensure conformance to specifications.

• 4) Inspects test cores taken from poles during treatment and sends sample cores and treating solution to laboratory for analysis to ascertain that preservative treatment is being applied according to specification.

• 5) Gives instructions to workers engaged in shipping and handling poles to avoid damage.