List of Career Duties Under Sawmill And Planing Mill Business Sector
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LIST OF CAREER DUTIES UNDER SAWMILL AND PLANING MILL BUSINESS SECTOR
Chain Offbearer Career Duties
- Pull lumber from moving conveyor coming from ripsaw, resaw, planer, trimmer, and grading tables, and slides stacks lumber on piles, according to grade marked on each piece
- May push buttons to start and stop conveyor deposit waste material onto slasher conveyor for waste recovery
- May band stacked lumber to facilitate moving, using banding machine
- May be designated according to condition of lumber removed from conveyor as Dry-Chain Offbearer saw. and plan. , Green-Chain Offbearer saw. and plan. , or may be designated according to machine from which lumber is conveyed as Planer-Chain Offbearer saw. plan. .
Cut off saw Operator Career Duties
- Operate power saw to cut logs into specified barrel-stave lengths
- Roll log on conveyor or table of saw, using cant hook
- Start conveyor which moves log into position or pushes log along table
- Start saw lowers saw against or pulls saw through log for each cut to saw log to specified lengths.
Deck Worker Career Duties
- Tend chain conveyor that hauls logs up chute from pond to saw or barker deck
- May activate kicker arms that push log conveyor to deck.
Edger Automatic Career Duties
- Operate multiple-blade sawing machine and conveyor system from panelboard to straighten edges of rough lumber saw lumber into boards of prescribed widths
- Start conveyor to move lumber and scans board as it passes to define cut that will produce highest quality grade
- Press panel buttons to space saw blades trips pedal to start feed rollers leading to saws.
Equalizer Career Duties
- Operate equalizer saw to saw barrel-stave bolts into specified lengths with square ends
- Adjust distance between saws
- Lays bolt on carriage of equalizer starts saws
- Push carriage between saws to trim square ends of bolts
- Withdraw carriage removes bolts.
Equalizer Operator Career Duties
- Operate equalizer saw to saw barrel-stave bolts into specified lengths with square ends
- Adjust distance between saws
- Lays bolt on carriage of equalizer starts saws
- Push carriage between saws to trim square ends of bolts
- Withdraw carriage removes bolts.
Excelsior machine Feeder Career Duties
- Tend one or more machines that shred woodstock into excelsior
- Press pedal to open feed rollers position woodstock
- Start machine that automatically feeds stock to cutters
- Stop machine turns woodstock to expose all surfaces to cutters to obtain maximum amount of excelsior from each log.
Excelsior machine Tender Career Duties
- Tend one or more machines that shred woodstock into excelsior
- Press pedal to open feed rollers position woodstock
- Start machine that automatically feeds stock to cutters
- Stop machine turns woodstock to expose all surfaces to cutters to obtain maximum amount of excelsior from each log.
Flatcar Whacker Career Duties
- Inspect repairs rail-type logging equipment
- Examine rail flatcar attachments, like stakes, cables, straps and cross timbers to detect defects
- Repair or replaces attachments, using handtools, like wrenches, pry bars and hammers
- Inspect frame and wheel assembly of flatcar notifies maintenance personnel when repairs are needed.
Fuel house Attendant Career Duties
- Open fuel conveyor chute by moving levers rakes sawmill waste, like chips, sawdust, and shavings, into hopper of furnace
- May lubricate conveyor system, using grease gun oilcan
- May move panelboard controls to regulate proportions of bark, chips, sawdust and shavings that are fed to boilers.
