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

  • Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood

  • Chucking and Sawing Machine Operator
  • Knife Setter
  • Ratchet Setter
  • Rip and Groove Machine Operator
  • Stave and Bolt Equalizer

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

  • Set 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.
  • Cut grooves, bevels, or miters, saw curved or irregular designs, and sever or shape metals, according to specifications or work orders.
  • Examine blueprints, drawings, work orders, or patterns to determine equipment set-up or selection details, procedures to be used, or dimensions of final products.

  • Set equipment controls to meet cutting specifications.
  • Set equipment guides, stops, spacers, or other fixtures.
  • Study blueprints or other instructions to determine equipment setup requirements.