A professional who operates machine to cut and screen peeler-log cores into chips of specified size. Respnsibilities include:

• Installs and adjusts cutting knives and reciprocating screens to obtain chips of specified size, using handtools.
• Starts machine and conveyors to transfer material between processes and to storage bins.
• Selects cores according to species and pushes cores onto feed conveyor, using pike pole.
• Observes chips moving through screens and makes required adjustments.
• May repair breaks in conveyor belts, using handtools.