A professional who operates machine to slice flitches into veneer strips. Responsibilities include:

• Adjusts gears of mechanism that automatically advances flitch specified distance for each slice, using wrench.
• Places flitch with selected grain pattern side toward knife in machine clamps and tightens clamps, using wrench.
• Starts machine, verifies thickness of veneer with ruler or caliper, and adjusts feed mechanism.
• Releases clamps to drop piece too thin for slicing.
• May cut defects from surface of flitch, using chisel and mallet.
• May operate circular saw to cut flitches.