A professional who tends splicing machine that bonds preglued edges of veneer strips together to form larger sheets. Respnsibilities include:

• Turns dial or handwheel of machine to regulate heat, pressure of rollers, and conveyor speed according to thickness of veneer sheets to be processed.
• Positions two veneer strips side by side against center guide of machine and feeds them into machine that automatically forces glued edges together and cures edges to bond sheets.
• Observes bonded sheets to detect defects, such as overlapping or unbonded edges.
• Adjusts heat, pressure, and speed of machine, or cleans heating bar with scraping tool to correct malfunctions.
• Verifies dimensions of veneer sheets against work order, using tape measure.
• May record footage spliced as indicated by meter on machine.
• May spray glue on edges of veneer strips prior to bonding, using spray gun.
• May tend splicing machine that automatically applies glue to edges prior to bonding and be designated Edge Gluer.