digester operator

Description

Digester operators, or cooks, cook wood chips with soda ash or acid to separate the wood pulp from unwanted constituents. They test the resulting solution.

Theoretical Knowledge

ESSENTIALTheoretical knowledge required

quality standards types of paper types of wood types of pulp types of digesters

OPTIONALAdjacent knowledge that strengthens fit

types of bleach deinking processes

Practical Skills

ESSENTIALApplied skills & competences

operate digester machine wear appropriate protective gear work safely with machines troubleshoot monitor pulp quality concentrate pulp slurry set up the controller of a machine wash fibres supply machine monitor automated machines