Job Description:

• 1) Tends conveyor-type drier that dries freshly cut veneer sheets to prevent mildewing and discoloration: Turns valves to regulate temperature of drying oven according to thickness and moisture content of veneer.

• 2) Presses buttons or turns lever or handwheel to regulate speed of conveyor belt or feed rollers.

• 3) Removes veneer sheets from conveyor belt or rollers as they emerge from drying oven and stacks them on handtruck.

• 4) May measure moisture content of discharged veneer sheets, using moisture meter, to ensure specified drying.

• 5) May discard sheets with defects, such as splits, knotholes, or decayed sections.

• 6) May return incompletely dried veneer to be fed again into drier.

• 7) May feed machine.