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

  • Resaw Carriage Operator

  • Inspect and measure workpieces to mark for cuts and to verify the accuracy of cuts, using rulers, squares, or caliper rules.
  • Inspect stock for imperfections or to estimate grades or qualities of stock or workpieces.
  • Position and clamp stock on tables, conveyors, or carriages, using hoists, guides, stops, dogs, wedges, or wrenches.
  • Unload and roll logs from trucks to sawmill decks or to carriages, or move logs in ponds, using pike poles.

  • Inspect lumber or raw woodstock.