Overview
Paper and Pulp Mill Workers perform routine tasks in paper and pulp mills, such as placing logs onto conveyors for chipping, and loading woodchip and pulp for processing.
Day-to-day
- loads digester with raw materials and chemicals
- regulates and adjusts the temperature and pressure within the digester
- tests samples by titration or standard colour test to determine completion of process
- drains liquid from digester and monitors removal of the cooked pulp
- takes samples of bleached material for testing
- washes bleached material and blends to obtain uniform quality
- may be required to add chemicals during the bleaching process and make chemical or electrolytic tests
- undertakes the addition of size, fillers, dyes, alum and chemicals, and tests for correct consistency
- ensures transfer of completed batch to storage tanks where it is kept under agitation to maintain consistency
- may mix and cook colouring matter for dyeing product in the machine
- controls flow of wet pulp through rotary screens to paper making machines
- operates drier and calendar rollers
- operates supercalendar to impart gloss and finish to surface of paper
- operates machine to glaze or impregnate paper with coating mixture
- separates sheets from felts and lays sheets in packs, re-presses packs
- separates sheets from pack and dries.
Considerations
- Physically demanding
To become a Paper and Pulp Mill Worker
You can work as a Paper and Pulp Mill Worker without formal qualifications. Some on the job training may be provided. A certificate II or III in pulping or papermaking operations might be helpful.