| Job Title |
Treating Engineer |
| Job Description |
Controls One Or More Cylinder Retorts To Impregnate Wood
Products, Such As Railroad Ties, Piling, Telephone Poles, And
Fenceposts, With Preserving Or Fireproofing Chemicals: Turns
Valves To Admit Treating Solution Into Retort And Steam Into
Heating Coils. Presses Buttons To Activate Vacuum- And
Hydraulic-pressure Pumps That Remove Air And Steam From Retort
And Force Treating Solution Into Pores Of Wood To Accelerate
Treatment Process. Observes Gauges And Turns Valves To Maintain
Specified Heat, Vacuum And Hydraulic Pressure, And Level Of
Solution In Retort During Each Phase Of Treatment Cycle,
According To Treating Schedule. Pumps Treating Solution Back
Into Storage Tank At End Of Treating Cycle. Opens, Or Signals
Treating-engineer Helper (wood Prod., Nec) 561.685-010 To Open,
Retort Doors. Heats Unseasoned Wood In Retort To Remove Moisture
Preparatory To Treating Process. May Operate Locomotive Or Winch
To Move Tram Loads Of Wood Products In And Out Of Retort. May
Take And Test Sample Borings, Using Laboratory Equipment, To
Determine If Treatment Meets Customers' Specifications Or
Standard Chemical-analysis Requirements. May Be Required To Hold
License.
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