• Performs a wide variety of jobs and duties as assigned, with a high level of proficiency and accuracy
• Regularly operates a forklift
• Keeps equipment and work area clean
• Separate waste wood from merchantable lumber in a safe and productive manner
• Performs as a relief operator on other jobs as needed
• Performs scheduled inspections on equipment and prepares reports as required for management and maintenance personnel
• Keeps designated areas, as assigned by supervisor, clean and clear of sawdust, wood chips, bark, strips and other foreign objects;
• Operates chain saw to cut up scrap lumber and broken logs;
• Uses hand tools to move sawdust, chips and bark into conveyors, bins and scoop on tractor;
• Operates Bobcat and forklift to transport debris to conveyors or disposal site;
• May pull strips off of transfer chains into conveyors to chippers;
• May keep lumber straight on transfer chains to trimmer;
• Empties all garbage cans in and around sawmill;
• Provides assistance where needed.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• 6 months related experience and/or training preferred
  • or one year equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Preferred forklift license or ability to train to obtain license
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to read and understand instructions and memos and write simple sentences.

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and communicate.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit and climb or balance.
• The employee is occasionally required to smell.
• The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close, distance, color, peripheral and ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, outside weather conditions, and vibration.
• The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; and risk of electrical shock.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
• This position requires eye protection, hearing protection, leather or rubber gloves, safety shoes, and hard hat.

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