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Chipping-Machine Operator

DOT Code: 564.682-010

Industry: wood prod., nec

Operates machine to cut and screen peeler-log cores into chips of specified size: Installs and adjusts cutting knives and reciprocating screens to obtain chips of specified size, using handtools. Starts machine and conveyors to transfer material between processes and to storage bins. Selects cores according to species and pushes cores onto feed conveyor, using pike pole. Observes chips moving through screens and makes required adjustments. May repair breaks in conveyor belts, using handtools.

GOE: 06.02.03 STRENGTH: M GED: R3 M1 L1 SVP: 5 DLU: 77