Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that smooths surface and sizes rough lumber in woodworking establishment: Turns handwheels to adjust cutting depth and feed rate according to thickness and species of lumber to be planed.

• 2) Presses buttons to start planer and feed conveyor.

• 3) Depresses pedal to actuate hydraulic load bed that raises lumber stack to level with machine feed conveyor to facilitate loading.

• 4) Loads boards in consecutive sequence onto feed conveyor that conveys boards through machine planing operation.

• 5) Periodically attaches sharpening device to planer blade assembly, using wrench, and turns lever to guide abrasive surface of device along blade surface to sharpen blade.