Wood Processing Labourers
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Job description
These individuals perform general duties related to wood and paper processing. They assist other staff members in carrying out their duties. They are employed by:
- Pulp and paper and paper converting plants
- Sawmills
- Wood treatment plants
- Wood processing companies
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Vehicle or passenger compartment
- Odours
- Nontoxic dust
- Uncontrolled ambient temperature
- Noise
- Falling objects
- Vibration
Main tasks
- Place and align logs on a belt.
- Load chips, pulp, and process products into conveyors or processing tanks.
- Remove recyclable paper and pulp from pulp and paper making machines and transport them to processing machinery and equipment.
- Sort, stack, and transport lumber, veneer, and panels.
- Collect leftovers and wood chips for further processing.
- Supply various equipment (conveyors, saws, dryers, etc.).
- Clean machines and work areas.
- Help other wood processing workers operate, maintain, and repair machinery.
Advancement and mobility
- There is much mobility between jobs within the same company.
- Experience leads to senior positions.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $18.00
- Median
- $23.00
- Maximum
- $29.96
Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Very good
All of Québec
Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
6,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 15% Female
- 85% Male
Not available.
- 15% Female
- 85% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$43,200
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 32164% of jobs
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NAICS 32217% of jobs
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NAICS 412% of jobs
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NAICS 232% of jobs
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NAICS 3392% of jobs
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Others13% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 32164% of jobs
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NAICS 32217% of jobs
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NAICS 412% of jobs
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NAICS 232% of jobs
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NAICS 3392% of jobs
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Others13% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Secondary school diploma
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Information processing
Abilities
- Near vision
- Manual dexterity
- Core strength
- Static muscle power
- Control accuracy
- Limb coordination
- Digital dexterity
- Information organization
- Awareness of issues
- Hand-arm stability
- Oral comprehension
- Endurance
- Verbal skills
- Perception speed
- Physical flexibility in extension
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to work under pressure
- Sense of responsibility
- Capacity to work in a team
- Knowledge of production and treatment
- Commitment
- Sense of initiative
- Respect standards and regulations
- Commitment to quality
- Tolerance to routine work
- Timeliness
Interests
- Work manually
- Exercer une activité sportive ou physique
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
Official name of the NOC 95103
Labourers in wood, pulp and paper processing
Job titles
- Plywood dryer feeder
- Bolt loader - sawmill
- Paper converting labourer
- Log handler
- Sawmill labourer
- Timber-treating tank helper
- Recovery plant helper - pulp and paper
- Sheeter helper - pulp and paper
- Bag-making machine tender helper
- Beater helper - pulp and paper
- Paper tube production helper
- Supercalender helper - pulp and paper
- Lime kiln helper - pulp and paper
- Brown stock washer helper - pulp and paper
- Cutter helper - pulp and paper
- Corrugator-operator helper
- Combiner machine helper
- Coating machine helper
- Pulp-washer helper
- Beater operator helper - pulp and paper
- Hot plate press tender helper
- Lumber tier - wood processing
- Trimmer loader - wood processing
- Cant loader - wood processing
- Veneer dryer feeder
- Fifth hand - pulp and paper
- Chip dump operator - wood processing
- Greensaw offbearer - wood processing
- Dry chain offbearer - wood processing
- Lumber tailer - wood processing
- Wood chip unloader
- Saw tailer - wood processing
- Log feeder
- Lumber feeder - wood processing
- Grinder feeder - pulp and paper
- Lumber straightener - wood processing
- Shingle trimmer
- Hand log peeler
- Shake packer
- Piler - wood processing
- Scrap piler - wood processing
- Car stacker - wood processing
- Utility man/woman - pulp and paper
- Labourer - pulp and paper
- Labourer - wood processing
- Wood room labourer - pulp and paper
- Plywood and veneer plant labourer
- Wood-preserving plant labourer
- Yard labourer - pulp and paper
- Handler - wood treatment
- Lumber handler - wood processing
- Barking machine cleaner - wood processing
- Screen cleaner - pulp and paper
- Pulp-log recleaner
- Conveyor cleaner - pulp and paper
- Thrasher feeder
- Log deck tender
- Dry chainman/woman - wood processing
- Green wood chainman/woman - wood processing
- Hog machine tender - wood processing
- Chain conveyor tender - sawmill
- Chain conveyor tender - wood processing
- Jack ladder tender
- Transfer man/woman - wood processing
- Log transfer tender
- Transfer equipment tender - wood processing
- Sawmill worker
- Hand bundler - wood processing
- Feeder - wood processing
- Chip silo attendant - wood processing
- Chip bin attendant - wood processing
- Leverman/woman - wood processing
- Rollerman/woman - wood processing
- Chip storage attendant - wood processing
- Broke hustler - pulp and paper
- Lumber salvager - wood processing
- Carton-forming machine feeder
- Sixth hand - pulp and paper
- Paper sorter and counter
- Green sorter - wood processing
- Rag sorter - pulp and paper
- Rag checker - pulp and paper
Skill type
Manufacturing and utilities
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