In several Canadian provinces, timber cannot leave the cutting site unless it has been measured by a licensed scaler, and every timber mark must be recorded in a provincial register. These rules are specific to each province, and most of them could not be verified against a primary source. This Canadian extension keeps the licensed scaler register, the timber mark register and the check scale, province by province.
Who the application is for
For forestry operators who harvest timber on public forest land in Canada, in the provinces that require measurement by a licensed scaler and that keep a timber mark register — as things stand, British Columbia and Ontario for the scaler, British Columbia for marks and their duration. The rules are provincial, and most provinces and territories could not be verified against a primary source: the application says so rather than inventing a value.
What the application does
- Keeps the register of licensed scalers, with their qualification, their province and their validity period.
- Refuses to log a measurement without a licensed scaler in the provinces where this obligation could be verified, and checks that the licence covered the date of the measurement, not the date it was entered.
- Keeps three provincial timber marks separately — the timber mark, the scaled timber brand and the marine log brand — each following a different use (land of origin, place of scaling, owner of a log raft).
- Works out a timber mark's expiry only in the one province where a duration could be established, and leaves that field blank elsewhere rather than guessing a date.
- Logs a check scale and shows the variance against the first measurement, without ever saying which one governs while no provincial threshold has been established.
- Refuses to attach a scaler or a mark from one province to a measurement from another: the registers are provincial.
Day to day
- You record your licensed scalers with their qualification and their province, and their end date if the licence carries one.
- You record your timber marks, scaled timber brands or marine log brands, each attached to its province.
- You log the measurement; in the provinces that require it, the application refuses the operation without a licensed scaler covering the date.
- If there is a check scale, you enter the second measurement: the variance is shown, qualified only in the province where a threshold could be established.
What the application does not do
- It does not verify any scaler's licence against a provincial register: no access could be confirmed, and what you read is what you declared.
- It does not issue any timber mark and registers none with a provincial registrar; it transmits nothing to any authority.
- It does not work out any provincial stumpage charge.
- For eleven of the thirteen provinces and territories, it carries no verified duration or threshold value: this is not a hidden gap, it is the exact state of what could be established against a primary source, and these provincial rules can change regardless.
- It does not replace the advice of any provincial registrar or any professional specialising in Canadian forestry law.
Getting started
First check, for your province, whether measurement by a licensed scaler is mandatory and whether a timber mark duration or a check-scale threshold has been set by a text: record them on the province's record, with their source. Then record your licensed scalers and your timber marks before logging your first measurements.
Going further
To find out whether this application suits your business and how to activate it, compare the plans or write to us.