A professional who tends hydraulic bark press that squeezes water from pulpwood bark. Respnsibilities include:

• Starts conveyor and observes wet bark as it passes into hydraulic press.
• Pushes button to actuate press that squeezes water from bark and emits dried bark onto conveyor leading to boilerroom.
• Frees bark jammed on conveyor, using rake.
• Sweeps and cleans work area.
• May tend rotating cutter that cuts oversized bark to suitable size for feeding into press.