Job Description:

• 1) Performs any combination of following duties to store, move, treat, and process wood products in wood-preserving plant: Piles wood products, such as ties, piling, poles, and fence posts, on trams, by hand or by use of overhead hoist.

• 2) Inserts wooden strips to bind and space load, and shapes load to fit cylinder retort.

• 3) Chains or bolts down tram loads, using wrenches and fasteners.

• 4) Bolts and unbolts doors of retorts with hand or pneumatic wrench.

• 5) Pulls loads in and out of retorts, using winch.

• 6) Drills test-bores in treated or untreated wood with hand drill.

• 7) Opens and closes valves for operating retort.

• 8) Loads and unloads wood materials from railroad cars, trucks, and barges.

• 9) Moves and positions timbers and piling in framing or pole yard.

• 10) Feeds woodstock into various machines that adz, bore, cut, incise, or peel it; and removes processed material by hand or by use of hoist.

• 11) Burns identification markings in poles, using branding iron.

• 12) May be designated according to duties performed as Adzing-and-Boring-Machine Helper; Cross-Tie-Tram Loader; Tie Handler; Wincher.