What the posting asks for

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Hours and terms

• Full time

Usually needed for this kind of work

• Completion of secondary school is required by the pulp and paper industry and by other large employers.
• Often asked for in B.C.: WHMIS training. Training on hazardous products at work. Many employers ask for it.

From Canada's occupation guide (OaSIS) for Labourers in wood, pulp and paper processing (NOC 95103). It describes this kind of work in general, not this employer's ad.

What this work usually involves

• Feed logs onto conveyor and into hopper of grinding machine and align logs manually, using crowbar, picaroon or other tools and equipment
• Load wood chips, pulpwood, sulphur and other processing materials onto conveyors or processing tanks, remove recyclable paper and pulp from pulp and papermaking machines and transport recyclable paper and pulp to plant processing machines and equipment using forklift or other powered equipment
• Sort, pile and transport lumber, veneer sheets, panelboards and similar wood products during various stages of wood processing, manually or with powered equipment
• Remove scrap lumber and wood chips for reprocessing using forklift or other powered equipment
• Feed conveyors, saws, drying machines and other equipment to process lumber, shingles, veneer, plywood and similar wood products
• Clean wood processing machines and equipment and work areas using shovels, hoses and other tools

About the employer

• Region: Thompson–Okanagan Region