Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that stacks or unstacks lumber to load or unload kiln car to level of lumber table: Starts conveyor that carries lumber onto kiln car in layers, drops stickers between layers, or removes dried lumber from car.

• 2) Straightens lumber on conveyor for even flow onto stack, using handhook.

• 3) May record data such as thickness, grade, length, and quantity of lumber stacked.

• 4) May drive kiln car to transfer lumber car to kiln or storage.

• 5) May tend machine that stacks inspected boards in layers of specified width prior to further processing and be designated Stacker.

• 6) When concerned only with unloading kiln cars, may be designated Unstacker.