94129 Other wood processing machine operators

What this occupation covers

Other wood processing machine operators operate and tend wood processing equipment and machines to remove bark from logs, produce wood chips, preserve and treat wood, and produce waferboards, particleboards, hardboards, insulation boards, plywood, veneers and similar wood products. They are employed in sawmills, woodrooms of pulp mills, planing mills, wood treatment plants, waferboard plants and other wood processing plants.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 7 main duties for this code.

• Operate and tend various wood processing equipment and machines to remove bark, knots and dirt from logs; reduce logs or sawmill waste into wood chips or flakes; stack and band lumber; screen wood chips; and produce waferboards, particleboards, hardboards and insulation boards
• Operate and tend conveyors, lathes, sanding machines and other equipment to peel and slice veneer from logs and log sections, and to glue, press, trim, sand and splice veneer sheets
• Operate and tend kilns, treating tanks and other equipment to dry lumber and other wood products, and to treat chemically and impregnate wood products with preservatives
• Observe equipment, panel indicators, video monitors, and other instruments to detect malfunctions and ensure that processes are operating according to specifications
• Assemble plywood panels and repair plywood and veneer mechanically or manually
• Start up, shut down, set up, adjust and assist in maintaining processing equipment and machines as required
• Complete and maintain production reports.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 7 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 95103 Labourers in wood, pulp and paper processing
• 94120 Sawmill machine operators
• 92014 Supervisors, forest products processing

Excluded from this code

• Labourers in wood, pulp and paper processing (See 95103 Labourers in wood, pulp and paper processing)
• Sawmill machine operators (See 94120 Sawmill machine operators)
• Supervisors, forest products processing (See 92014 Supervisors, forest products processing)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

automatic veneer clipper tender - wood processing · barker operator · barking machine operator - wood processing · chip screen tender - wood processing · chip-mixing machine tender - wood processing · chipper operator · clipper operator - wood processing · core layer operator - wood processing · core-laying machine tender - wood processing · debarker operator - wood processing · dip tank tender - wood processing · drop sorter operator - wood processing · drum barker tender - wood processing · drying kiln operator - wood processing · edge gluer - wood processing · excelsior machine tender · flaker operator - wood processing · fuel log maker - wood processing · hardboard press operator - wood processing · hardboard-forming line operator · hardboard-grinding machine operator · hardboard-oiling machine tender · hot press operator - wood processing · humidifier tender - wood processing

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Several weeks of on-the-job training are provided.
• For lumber kiln operators, particleboard operators and waferboard operators, some combination of college or company courses and up to one year of on-the-job training may be required.
• Previous experience as a labourer in wood processing may be required.