Job Description:

• 1) Straightens lumber on conveyor to align lumber for grading, sawing, edging, trimming, sorting, stacking, or for transfer to other conveyors.

• 2) Clears jammed material, using picaroon to permit normal flow of lumber along conveyor.

• 3) Cleans work area, using broom and shovel.

• 4) May pile lumber on trucks or pallets.

• 5) May tend automatic conveyor and sorting machine that sorts lumber for further processing.

• 6) May be designated according to process involved as Cross-Tie Turner; Sorter-Lumber Straightener; Stacker-Straightener; Trimmer Loader; Trimmer Tailer.