Job Description:

• 1) Tends equipment that conveys wood chips from chippers, cleaning machines, or yard storage to storage tanks and digester bins: Starts conveyor belts and elevators to convey specified wood chips to designated bins and tanks.

• 2) Adjusts feed mechanism by valve or lever control to regulate flow of wood chips to prevent overloading of belt.

• 3) Cleans belts, using shovel, broom, and airhose, and lubricates machinery.

• 4) May set trippers or slides to divert chips from belt into specified bins.

• 5) May measure tanks to determine amount of chips in storage.

• 6) May unload chips from railroad cars or trucks, using pneumatic tube.