Job Description:

• 1) Stacks lumber on kiln cars, in yard, or in shed to dry or store, performing any combination of following tasks: Places lumber piece by piece in layers, leaving space between edges of adjacent pieces.

• 2) Places sticks between layers as stack rises to permit circulation of air and bind stack together.

• 3) Stands on ground and hands lumber to another worker on top of stack.

• 4) Positions timbers on kiln car, ground, or shed floor to build foundation for lumber stacks.

• 5) Places blocks against wheels of loaded kiln car in dry kiln to prevent movement of car.

• 6) Unloads lumber from stacks or kiln cars.

• 7) Places lumber, veneer, or plywood on conveyor for further processing.

• 8) Loads and unloads stacking machine, working in teamwork with other workers.

• 9) May stack bundles of laths or barrel staves.

• 10) May attach identity card to stacks of lumber and record number of stacks by species for supervisor.

• 11) May carry materials, such as lumber, mortar mix, and nails to sales counter or load materials onto delivery trucks.

• 12) May be designated according to purpose of stacking as Kiln Stacker.