A professional who tends machine that trims uneven edges of veneer sheets and tenderizes (indents and breaks wood fibers of) veneer for composing into plywood core sheets. Responsibilities include:

• Pushes buttons and pedal to start machine and to raise veneer stack on lift table to feeding height.
• Aligns uneven edges of veneer sheets on lift table, using shadow line, and feeds sheets into machine for trimming and tenderizing.
• Observes veneer sheets discharged from tenderizer machine onto feed conveyor of core composer machine and slackens feeding pace as necessary to reduce detected pile ups.
• Observes stacker lift table at discharge end of core composer machine and activates conveyor to remove full stacks and reposition stacker lift table for next stack.
• Occasionally measures moisture content of veneer prior to tenderizing, using moisture meter, and removes veneer containing excessive moisture for redrying.