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

  • Lumber Grader
  • Stock Grader

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

  • Count, sort, or stack finished workpieces.
  • Inspect stock for imperfections or to estimate grades or qualities of stock or workpieces.
  • Select saw blades, types or grades of stock, or cutting procedures to be used, according to work orders or supervisors' instructions.

  • Sort materials or products for processing, storing, shipping, or grading.
  • Set equipment controls to meet cutting specifications.