How do they match: Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood

  • Sawmill Hand

  • Set up, operate, or tend wood sawing machines. May operate computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment. Includes lead sawyers.

  • Adjust bolts, clamps, stops, guides, or table angles or heights, using hand tools.
  • Adjust saw blades, using wrenches and rulers, or by turning handwheels or pressing pedals, levers, or panel buttons.
  • Clear machine jams, using hand tools.
  • Guide workpieces against saws, saw over workpieces by hand, or operate automatic feeding devices to guide cuts.
  • Sharpen blades, or replace defective or worn blades or bands, using hand tools.

  • Shape metal workpieces with hammers or other small hand tools.