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.
  • Examine blueprints, drawings, work orders, or patterns to determine equipment set-up or selection details, procedures to be used, or dimensions of final products.
  • 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.

  • Clean production equipment.
  • Count finished products or workpieces.
  • Lubricate production equipment.
  • Maneuver workpieces in equipment during production.
  • Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
  • Mount attachments or tools onto production equipment.
  • Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment.
  • Position raw materials on processing or production equipment.
  • Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
  • Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.
  • Select production equipment according to product specifications.
  • Select production input materials.
  • Shape metal workpieces with hammers or other small hand tools.
  • Sort materials or products for processing, storing, shipping, or grading.