Occupation Atlasdebarker operator
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/5e5522c5-4b09-4586-a8f0-3b6d66d99969
debarker operator
Debarker operators operate debarking machines to strip harvested trees of their bark. The tree is fed into the machine, after which the bark is stripped using abrasion or cutting.
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Typically associated skills
Essential (14)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- adjust cut sizes
- manage logs transfer
- monitor gauge
- observe logs
- operate debarking machine
- quality standards
- set up the controller of a machine
- supply machine
- transfer logs
- troubleshoot
- wear appropriate protective gear
- wood cuts
- woodworking processes
- work safely with machines
Optional (27)
- assess felled timber quality
- assess felled timber volume
- check quality of raw materials
- clean equipment
- conduct routine machinery checks
- cutting technologies
- de-limb trees
- dispose of cutting waste material
- handle timber
- identify hazards in the workplace
- inspect machinery
- inspect timber
- inspect trees
- keep records of work progress
- manage timber stocks
- meet contract specifications
- monitor heavy machinery
- operate wood sawing equipment
- perform machine maintenance
- prepare wood production reports
- process timber using hand-fed machinery
- record production data for quality control
- sawing techniques
- sharpen edged tools
- timber products
- types of sawing blades
- types of wood
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