Log Cooker
DOT Code: 562.665-010
Industry: wood. container
Alternate Titles: steam-vat tender; wood cooker
Tends steam or hot-water vats that condition logs before cutting into veneer sheets used in making wooden slat baskets and boxes: Hoists logs into vat or onto conveyor that carries them into cooker. Turns valves to maintain steam pressure or water temperature at specified setting. Removes logs or directs their removal after prescribed time, depending on size of logs and kind of wood. May remove bark from logs, using handtools.
GOE: 06.04.18 STRENGTH: H GED: R2 M1 L1 SVP: 2 DLU: 77