Job Description:

• 1) Tends equipment that distributes logs and wood-blocks to saws, barkers, washers, splitters, chippers, and grinders according to size and species of wood: Observes logs and blocks to determine wood species and to estimate diameter and length of logs and condition of wood and bark.

• 2) Pushes button kickers, or moves lever or pedal controls to start transfer chains and conveyors to distribute and convey logs and blocks to appropriate machines.

• 3) Breaks up jams on conveyors, using pike pole, or picaroon.

• 4) May remove oversized blocks or those having knots or decayed portions.

• 5) May saw or split oversized blocks.