Job Description:

• 1) Operates barking machine to remove bark, knots, and foreign matter from veneer blocks preparatory to peeling process: Presses buttons to control conveyor system that transfers block from storage deck into position over hydraulic hoist and to raise hoist until block is centered between chucks.

• 2) Pushes and turns lever to press chucks into ends of block and to start and control rotation speed of block.

• 3) Pushes lever to lower and control pressure of scraping tool against rotating block and to activate and control horizontal movement until bark is removed.

• 4) Raises tool, stops block rotation, raises hoist, retracts chucks, and lowers barked block onto conveyor that transfers block to lathe deck.

• 5) May remove bark, chips, and other material from conveyor and barking machine.

• 6) May control conveyor that lifts logs from pond onto barker deck.