Description
Digester operators, or cooks, cook wood chips with soda ash or acid to separate the wood pulp from unwanted constituents. They test the resulting solution.
EssentialOptional
Theoretical Knowledge
Practical Skills
set up the controller of a machinemonitor automated machinestroubleshootmonitor pulp qualitywork safely with machineswear appropriate protective gearconcentrate pulp slurrysupply machinewash fibresoperate digester machineuse deinking chemicalsoperate wood chipperconsult technical resourcesprepare wood production reportsdispose of hazardous wasterecord production data for quality controlmonitor chemical process conditionclean equipmentdrive chipper trucktest paper production samplesperform machine maintenanceoperate debarking machinereport defective manufacturing materialsmonitor gaugecheck quality of raw materialsmonitor chipper machinetend bleacherkeep records of work progresscarry out waste water treatmentdispose of non-hazardous waste