9614- Labourers in wood, pulp and paper processing

Canada NOC: 
9614
Job Title: 

Labourers in wood, pulp and paper processing

Job Description: 

Labourers in this unit group carry out a variety of general labouring and routine wood processing activities and assist pulp mill and papermaking machine operators. They are employed by pulp and paper, and paper converting companies, sawmills, planing mills, wood treatment plants, waferboard plants and other wood processing companies.

Main Duties: 

Labourers in this unit group perform some or all of the following duties:


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
Assist other wood processing workers to operate, maintain and repair various machines and equipment and carry out other wood processing activities.

Employment Requirements: 

Completion of secondary school is required by the pulp and paper industry and by other large employers.

Additional Inormation: 

There is considerable mobility among jobs within individual establishments.
Progression to machine or plant operating positions is possible with experience.

Classified Elsewhere: 

Machine operators and related workers in pulp and paper production and wood processing and manufacturing (943)
Supervisors, forest products processing (9215)

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Source Of Info: 

National Occupation Classification, (2011)

Statistics Canada and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada,

February 2012,

Catalogue no. 12-583-X