chipper operator
Chipper operators tend machines that chip wood into small pieces for use in particle board, for further processing into pulp, or for use in its own right. Wood is fed into the chipper and shredded or crushed using a variety of mechanisms.
Also called: wood chipper operator, chipper machine operator, chipper machine technician, chipper technician, chipper machine specialist, wood chipper specialist, chipper, wood chipper technician
- 12
- essential skills
- 26
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
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Optional skills
26- assess felled timber quality
- assess felled timber volume
- check quality of raw materials
- conduct routine machinery checks
- de-limb trees
- dispose of non-hazardous waste
- handle timber
- identify hazards in the workplace
- inspect machinery
- inspect trees
- inspect wood materials
- manage timber stocks
- meet contract specifications
- monitor heavy machinery
- operate debarking machine
- operate grappler
- operate heavy construction machinery without supervision
- prepare wood production reports
- process timber using hand-fed machinery
- replace knives
- set up the controller of a machine
- timber products
- types of sawing blades
- types of wood
- types of wood chippers
- use wrenches
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