CODE: 569.685-038Buy the DOT:Download/CD-ROM
TITLE(s): EXTRUDER OPERATOR (wood prod., nec)

Tends one or more extruders that form particleboard from wood chips treated with glue: Turns nuts on machine to regulate platens according to thickness specified for boards, using wrenches. Selects ram that corresponds to platen setting and positions ram on machine spindle. Notifies CHIP-MIXING-MACHINE OPERATOR (wood prod., nec) to start flow of charge. Starts ram that forces charge through extruder, forming continuous sheet of particleboard. Alters space between platens as directed. May be designated according to type of extruder operated as Extruder Operator, Horizontal (wood prod., nec); Extruder Operator, Multiple (wood prod., nec); Extruder Operator, Vertical (wood prod., nec).
GOE: 06.04.19 STRENGTH: L GED: R2 M2 L2 SVP: 2 DLU: 77
ONET CROSSWALK: 92971 Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Operators and Tenders