A professional who operates barking machine to remove bark, knots, and foreign matter from veneer blocks preparatory to peeling process. Responsibilities include:

• Presses buttons to control conveyor system that transfers block from storage deck into position over hydraulic hoist and to raise hoist until block is centered between chucks.
• Pushes and turns lever to press chucks into ends of block and to start and control rotation speed of block.
• Pushes lever to lower and control pressure of scraping tool against rotating block and to activate and control horizontal movement until bark is removed.
• Raises tool, stops block rotation, raises hoist, retracts chucks, and lowers barked block onto conveyor that transfers block to lathe deck.
• May remove bark, chips, and other material from conveyor and barking machine.
• May control conveyor that lifts logs from pond onto barker deck.