A professional who cuts and folds continuous pulpwood sheet into laps as it emerges from wet-machine cutter rolls, using lap cutter (pointed wooden stick) or power-cutting bar.

• Piles laps on rack truck or conveyor for transfer to hydraulic press, inserting wire-mesh screen between each lap.
• May compress pile of laps in hydraulic press to remove specific amount of moisture.
• May assist in threading pulp sheet through press rolls and in other duties.