Description
Performs routine tasks in a wood processing and timber product factory such as placing logs on equipment and conveyors, assisting with measuring and cutting of materials, and setting up and operating plant equipment.
Skill Level
5
Alternative Titles
- Wood and Wood Products Labourer
Specializations
- Hardboard Factory Worker
- Joinery Factory Worker
- Particleboard Factory Worker
- Plywood Factory Worker
Skills Assessment Authority
Caveats
Group: 8394 Timber and Wood Process Workers
Description
perform routine tasks in paper and pulp mills, sawmills, timber yards, and wood processing and timber products factories.
Tasks
- rolling logs from trucks and conveyors to log decks, saw carriages and stacking bays
- placing logs and wood billets onto conveyors and lathes for processing into chips, veneers and pulp
- sorting and stacking timber during milling
- placing timber for processing by machines and unloading cut timber from tail end of machines
- assisting with setting up and operating plant and ancillary equipment used in the manufacture of sheets and boards
- transporting processed wood products, such as plywood, chipboard sheets and panels, to work areas
- clearing blockages in machines
- assisting with measuring and cutting materials
- packing and loading finished products for transportation
- cleaning work areas, tools and equipment
Skill Level
Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications outlined below.