Other wood processing machine operators

NOC

94129

operate wood processing equipment to remove bark from logs, produce wood chips, preserve and treat wood, and produce particleboards, plywood, veneers and similar wood products.

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Full NOC Description

Other wood processing machine operators operate and tend wood processing equipment and machines to remove bark from logs, produce wood chips, preserve and treat wood, and produce waferboards, particleboards, hardboards, insulation boards, plywood, veneers and similar wood products. They are employed in sawmills, woodrooms of pulp mills, planing mills, wood treatment plants, waferboard plants and other wood processing plants.

Main Duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

Operate and tend various wood processing equipment and machines to remove bark, knots and dirt from logs; reduce logs or sawmill waste into wood chips or flakes; stack and band lumber; screen wood chips; and produce waferboards, particleboards, hardboards and insulation boards

Operate and tend conveyors, lathes, sanding machines and other equipment to peel and slice veneer from logs and log sections, and to glue, press, trim, sand and splice veneer sheets

Operate and tend kilns, treating tanks and other equipment to dry lumber and other wood products, and to treat chemically and impregnate wood products with preservatives

Observe equipment, panel indicators, video monitors, and other instruments to detect malfunctions and ensure that processes are operating according to specifications

Assemble plywood panels and repair plywood and veneer mechanically or manually

Start up, shut down, set up, adjust and assist in maintaining processing equipment and machines as required

Complete and maintain production reports.

Also Known As

barker operator
chipper operator
lumber kiln operator
particleboard line operator
plywood panel assembler

timber treating tank operator

veneer dryer tender

veneer lathe operator

waferboard press operator

wood treater operator

Requirements

Employment Requirements

Completion of secondary school is usually required.

Several weeks of on-the-job training are provided.

For lumber kiln operators, particleboard operators and waferboard operators, some combination of college or company courses and up to one year of on-the-job training may be required.

Previous experience as a labourer in wood processing may be required.

Provincial Regulation

Not Provincially Regulated

Employment by Sex

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Female

100.0%

Male

Employment by age

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35-44

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45-54

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55-64

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Employment by highest level of education

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42.1%

No Certificate, Diploma or Degree

42.1%

High School, Diploma or Equivalent

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Apprenticeship or Trades Certificate or Diploma

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College or University Below Bachelor Level

0.0%

University - Bachelor Level or Above

Employment by Industry

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84.2%

Manufacturing

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15.8%

All Other Industries

Employment by Economic Regions

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42.10%

Northeast

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Southeast

21.10%

Southwest

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Central

21.10%

Northwest

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Annual Average Salary by Economic Regions

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Economic Regions

Hourly Median Wages by Economic Regions

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Salary

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