9432 – Pulp mill machine operators

Pulp mill machine operators operate and monitor various types of processing machinery and equipment to produce pulp. They are employed by pulp and paper companies.

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Example titles

Acid maker – pulp and paper

Assistant bleacher operator – pulp and paper

Assistant digester operator

Assistant digester operator – pulp and paper

Baler – pulp and paper

Batch digester operator

Batch process cook – pulp and paper

Beater operator – pulp and paper

Bleach boiler tender

Bleach field operator – pulp and paper

Bleach stock preparation operator – pulp and paper

Bleacher operator – pulp and paper

Bleacher tender – pulp and paper

Blow pit tender – pulp and paper

Breaker – pulp and paper

Breaker tender – pulp and paper

Breakerman/woman – pulp and paper

Broke beater tender – pulp and paper

Brown stock operator – pulp and paper

Brown stock washer – pulp and paper

Caustic plant operator

Causticizer operator

Causticizing operator – pulp and paper

Centri-cleaner tender – pulp and paper

Chemical liquor preparation operator – pulp and paper

Chemical pulping plant operator – pulp and paper

Chemical solutions operator – pulp and paper

Chemi-thermomechanical pulp (CTMP) machine assistant operator

Chemi-thermomechanical pulp (CTMP) operator

Chemi-wash operator – pulp and paper

Continuous digester operator – pulp and paper

Continuous process cook – pulp and paper

Cook – pulp and paper

Cook’s first helper – pulp and paper

Decker tender – pulp and paper

Deckerman/woman – pulp and paper

Digester cook – pulp and paper

Digester field operator

Digester operator – pulp and paper

Digester tender – pulp and paper

Evaporator tender – pulp and paper

Field operator – pulp and paper

Filterman/woman – pulp and paper

Grinder loader – pulp and paper

Grinder operator – pulp and paper

Grinderman/woman – pulp and paper

Insulation board dryer tender

Kiln-recaust operator – pulp and paper

Lime kiln operator – pulp and paper

Lime sludge mixer

Liquor maker – pulp and paper

Mixing operator – pulp and paper

Paper pulp tester

Pulp and paper size maker

Pulp baler – pulp and paper

Pulp bleach liquor maker

Pulp cook

Pulp dryer operator

Pulp grader

Pulp maker

Pulp mill equipment operator

Pulp mill machine operator

Pulp refiner operator – pulp and paper

Pulp tester – pulp and paper

Pulp washer

Pulp washer operator

Pulp washer operator – pulp and paper

Pulpwood products tester

Rag stock bleacher

Recovery operator – pulp and paper

Refiner – pulp and paper

Refiner man/woman – pulp and paper

Refiner operator – pulp and paper

Repulper operator

Screen room operator – pulp and paper

Screen tender – pulp and paper

Screenman/woman – pulp and paper

Stock tester – pulp and paper

Stock washer – pulp and paper

Tall oil operator

Thermomechanical pulp assistant operator

Thermomechanical pulp assistant operator – pulp and paper

Thermomechanical pulp operator

Unbleached pulp washer – pulp and paper

Washerman/woman – pulp and paper

Washing-screening operator – pulp and paper

Wood pulp caustic liquor maker

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

Operate and monitor screening equipment, bleaching equipment, digesters, mixing tanks, washers, and other pulp processing machinery and equipment to carry out one or more cellulose processing steps

Observe equipment and machinery panel indicators, gauges, level indicators and other equipment instruments to detect machinery and equipment malfunctions and ensure process steps are carried out according to specifications

Communicate with pulping control operator to make process adjustments and start up or shut down machinery and equipment as required

Collect processing samples and conduct titration tests, pH readings, specific density tests and other routine tests on pulp and solutions

Complete and maintain production reports.

Employment requirements

Completion of secondary school is required.

A college diploma in forest products processing or a related subject may be required.

Completion of several weeks of formal company training and several months of on-the-job training is required.

Previous experience as a pulp mill labourer within the same company is usually required.

A certificate in industrial first aid may be required.

Additional information

There is limited mobility among jobs within this occupational group.

Progression to pulping control operator is possible with experience.

Exclusions

Labourers in wood, pulp and paper processing (9614)

Pulping, papermaking and coating control operators (9235)

Supervisors, forest products processing (9215)