Job Description:

• 1) Operates trailer-mounted grapple-loader and chipping machine to reduce logs and logging waste to wood chips: Controls loading boom and power-grapple attachment to pick up logs and place them on feed conveyor.

• 2) Adjusts speed and opening of feed rolls according to log diameter, and activates feed rolls that pushes log through chipper unit.

• 3) Monitors gauges and adjusts speed and opening of feed rolls to prevent equipment strain.

• 4) Replaces defective chipping knives, using wrenches and feeler gauges.

• 5) May control opening of debarking spuds that remove bark from log before chipping.