SORTER OPERATOR - DRYSTR

Job Responsibilities:

This job requires that all lumber be placed into the correct bins according to length, width and grading marks.

Primary Duties:

• Must know and understand the grading marks made by the graders. Currently we are using five different grading marks.
• Must know how to verify the dimensions of the graded lumber.
• When bins are filled they must be emptied quickly to proceed down the line to the stacker.
• Observe the equipment at all times to let the supervisor or the millwright know of any possible breakdown problems due to excessive wear on the chains, sprockets, or catch bins.
• Make sure that chains one through seven stay filled to the stacker.

Secondary Duties:

• Must keep the area around the stacker clean and orderly at all times.
• Must make sure that lumber traveling, down the chains, is not scrambled.
• Perform any minor maintenance work needed on the equipment prior to calling a millwright.
• Must perform other work as assigned by your supervisor.
• Each pack of lumber must have the correct bin number on it for tracking purposes.

Qualifications

Skills needed to perform this job:

• Must know how to read and write.
• Must be trained and issued fall protection equipment for use doing repairs on equipment.
• Must know how to use a ruler.
• Must know basic math to include fractions.
• Must know how to use some basic tools.
• Must be capable of following instructions well.
• Must be capable of learning all aspects of the job within four weeks.