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Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood

SOC 51-7041.00

Set up, operate, or tend wood sawing machines. May operate CNC equipment. Includes lead sawyers.

Zone 2 Production

Skills

Knowledge

Job Zone

Green

Top Skills 8

Operation Monitoring

3.1

Operation and Control

3.1

Critical Thinking

3.0

Monitoring

3.0

Troubleshooting

3.0

Quality Control Analysis

3.0

Active Listening

2.8

Equipment Maintenance

2.8

Knowledge Areas 8

Production and Processing

3.2

Mechanical

3.2

Public Safety and Security

2.6

Mathematics

2.6

Education and Training

2.3

English Language

2.2

Design

2.1

Engineering and Technology

2.1

Key Tasks

1Inspect and measure workpieces to mark for cuts and to verify the accuracy of cuts, using rulers, squares, or caliper rules.

2Adjust saw blades, using wrenches and rulers, or by turning handwheels or pressing pedals, levers, or panel buttons.

3Mount and bolt sawing blades or attachments to machine shafts.

4Set up, operate, or tend saws or machines that cut or trim wood to specified dimensions, such as circular saws, band saws, multiple-blade sawing machines, scroll saws, ripsaws, or crozer machines.

5Inspect stock for imperfections or to estimate grades or qualities of stock or workpieces.

Also Known As

Automatic Bandsaw Tender Automatic Edger Automatic Log Cut-Off Sawyer Backup Sawyer Band Saw Runner Band Sawyer Band Scroll Saw Operator Bandmill Operator Bandsaw Operator Bead Cutter