A professional who inspects pulpwood construction board, such as ceiling tiles, insulation panels, and siding, for conformity to appearance and dimensional standards and packing and labeling specifications. Respnsibilities include:

• Examines materials for surface defects, such as flaws in paint, excess or insufficient glue on laminated panels or joints, warped panels, and ragged edges.
• Verifies thickness, size, and squareness of boards or panels, using calipers, carpenter's square, and rule.
• Starts circular saw to cut samples from finished products for testing flame resistance, strength, and insulation qualities by control laboratory.
• Notifies supervisor or equipment operators when board does not meet specifications to facilitate control adjustments.
• Prepares reports of defects discovered, origin of defects, shift production, and number of rejects for quality control personnel.
• Examines packing materials and observes packing activities to ensure that customer and plant specifications are met and that products are appropriately labeled for shipment.
• Notifies supervisor to direct destruction, reprocessing, or repacking of faulty shipments.
• May perform standard quality control tests on products, using prescribed laboratory equipment and procedures.
• May be designated according to product inspected as Siding-Coreboard Inspector; or according to work area assigned as Coating-Line Checker.