A professional who tends conveyor-type drier that dries freshly cut veneer sheets to prevent mildewing and discoloration. Respnsibilities include:

• Turns valves to regulate temperature of drying oven according to thickness and moisture content of veneer.
• Presses buttons or turns lever or handwheel to regulate speed of conveyor belt or feed rollers.
• Removes veneer sheets from conveyor belt or rollers as they emerge from drying oven and stacks them on handtruck.
• May measure moisture content of discharged veneer sheets, using moisture meter, to ensure specified drying.
• May discard sheets with defects, such as splits, knotholes, or decayed sections.
• May return incompletely dried veneer to be fed again into drier.
• May feed machine.