Paper And Pulp Mill Operator
ANZSCO 712916
1,100
9%
9%
49 yrs
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia · ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing.
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Courses linked to this job include Certificate III in Pulp and Paper Operations.
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About this career
Paper and Pulp Mill Operators operate plants to produce paper pulp from woodchips and to make paper sheets.
What they typically do
- Loads the 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 the removal of the cooked pulp.
- Takes samples of bleached material for laboratory testing.
- Washes bleached material and blends to obtain uniform quality.
- May be required to add chemicals during the bleaching process and complete 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 super-calendar 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.
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Qualification pathways
These accredited qualifications can lead to a career as a Paper And Pulp Mill Operator.
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Certificate III in Pulp and Paper Operations
PPM30121 · AQF 3 · 1 providers