Job Description:

• 1) Controls humidifier unit and auxiliary equipment to impart specified moisture content to pressed hardboard sheets or panels: Starts hydraulic elevator to position humidifier car at discharge end of press that forms hardboard and deposits formed sheets or panels in rack of car.

• 2) Pushes loaded car to humidifier unit and starts hydraulic ram to transfer car to humidifier.

• 3) Observes gauges, opens valves, and moves controls to regulate moisture, heat, and pressure in humidifier to impart specified moisture content to board.

• 4) Starts elevator to lower car, automatically ejected from humidifier, to unload and transfer board for tempering.

• 5) Inspects board for watermarks, scratches, and similar imperfections and rejects substandard units.

• 6) Removes screens from forming press used to support wet pulp mats for pressing into hardboard.

• 7) Examines screens for damage and marks faulty screens for repair or disposal.

• 8) Records number of boards processed and rejected.

• 9) Labels each lot of hardboard passing inspection to facilitate further processing.