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This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Pulp mill machine operators perform some or all of the following duties:

• • Operate and monitor screening equipment, bleaching equipment, digesters, mixing tanks, washers, and other pulp processing machinery and equipment to carry out one or more cellulose processing steps
  • Observe equipment and machinery panel indicators, gauges, level indicators and other equipment instruments to detect machinery and equipment malfunctions and ensure process steps are carried out according to specifications
  • Communicate with pulping control operator to make process adjustments and start up or shut down machinery and equipment as required
  • Collect processing samples and conduct titration tests, pH readings, specific density tests and other routine tests on pulp and solutions
  • Maintain and complete production reports.

• Completion of secondary school is required.
• A college diploma in forest products processing or a related subject may be required.
• Completion of several weeks of formal company training and several months of on-the-job training is required.
• Previous experience as a pulp mill labourer within the same company is usually required.
• A certificate in industrial first aid may be required.

• Progression to pulping control operator is possible with experience.
• There is limited mobility among jobs within this occupational group.

• Labourers in Wood, Pulp and Paper Processing (9614)
• Pulping Control Operators (9233)
• Supervisors, Forest Products Processing (9215)