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What a LABOURER IN WOOD & PULP
PROCESSING does:
Labourers in wood
and pulp processing, work for
pulp and paper or paper
converting companies, sawmills,
planing mills, wood treatment
plants, waferboard plants and
other wood processing companies.
They help pulp mill and
papermaking machine operators by
carrying out a variety of
routine and general labour
activities. For example,
labourers feed logs onto
conveyors and into hoppers of
grinding machines using a
crowbar, picaroon or other tool
to keep logs straight. They load
wood chips, pulpwood, sulphur
and other materials onto
conveyors or dump materials into
processing tanks. They remove
recyclable paper and pulp from
pulp and papermaking machines
and transport products back and
forth from one working station
to the next by forklift or other
motorized vehicle. Labourers
sort, pile and transport lumber,
veneer sheets, panelboards and
similar wood products during
various stages of production,
remove scrap lumber and wood
chips for reprocessing, and feed
conveyors, saws, drying machines
and other equipment to produce
lumber, shingles, veneer,
plywood and similar wood
products. In this kind of job,
with experience, there are good
opportunities for advancement to
positions such as Machine
Operators and Related Workers in
Pulp and Paper Production and
Wood Processing. The work is
very physical in nature, so
labourers must keep themselves
healthy and fit. In addition, to
be successful, they must be able
to follow instructions and
demonstrate good work habits.
Labourers in
Wood & Pulp Processing use Essential Skills for
many of the tasks they carry out
on a regular basis.
Click
the Essential Skills button
below to see how these skills
are used. Click a second time to
close the list.
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Continuous Learning |
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Computer Use |
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Self-Management and
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What
do you need to be a Labourer in
Wood & Pulp Processing?
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TRAINING |
REQUIRED |
MAY BE REQUIRED |
RECOMMENDED |
Literacy & Basic Skills
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Essential Skills |
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Some
Credit Courses |
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Grade 12
diploma, OSSD |
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Training |
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College
Diploma |
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Other
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The two charts
below illustrate the level of
skill you need to be successful
in this job. The two charts show
two different measurement scales - the
Essential Skills scale and the
Literacy and Basic Skills
Learning Outcomes Matrix. You
will see the numbers
are
different. Here's why.
The Essential
Skills scale uses levels one to
five to describe skills ranging
from beginner, at level one, to higher than a
post-graduate level at
university, level 5. The LBS Learning
Outcomes Levels also uses levels
one to five to describe skills
but the LBS range goes from
beginner, at level 1, to approximately Grade
9, (LBS level 5). This means that
skills at level
4 in LBS fall within the level
2 range on the Essential Skills
Scale. If this is confusing,
don't worry. The main thing is,
although the numbers are
different, they are actually
talking about the same level of
skill.
Essential Skills and Proficiency
Levels for Labourers in Wood &
Pulp Processing:
ESSENTIAL
SKILLS |
Read
Text |
Document
Use |
Writing |
Oral
Communication |
Numeracy |
Working with
Others |
Continuous
Learning |
Thinking
Skills |
Computer
Use |
Essential
Skills Level |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
LBS
Learning Outcomes and Levels for
Labourers in Wood & Pulp
Processing:
LBS
LEARNING
OUTCOMES |
Read
with
understanding for
various purposes |
Write
clearly to
express ideas |
Speak and
listen effectively |
Use
number sense and
computation |
Use
measurement for various
purposes |
Solve
geometric
problems |
Manage
data and probability |
Self
management and self
direction |
LBS LEVEL
REQUIRED |
4 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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