A professional who tends machine that removes bark and dirt from logs by one of following methods. Responsibilities include:

• (1) Starts conveyor to move logs from pond to drum of barking machine.
• Moves lever to activate chains or start drum revolving to tumble logs and knock off bark.
• Turns valve to regulate water spray that removes chips and dirt from log.
• Breaks up log jams in drum, using peavey or pike pole and chain hoist.
• (2) Moves lever to activate kicker arms that kick log into machine cradle.
• Turns controls that start log rotating between toothed gears that remove bark from log, and regulates and directs pressurized water jet to remove loose bark and dirt.
• (3) Turns levers to control movement and centering of log in jet ring and to regulate pressure of water jets.
• Starts conveyors that carry logs from barking machine to saw deck.
• May be designated according to machine operated as drum-barker operator; hydraulic-barker operator; ring-barker operator.