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

  • Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood

  • Machine Operator
  • Machine Tank Operator
  • Bolt Machine Operator
  • Chucking and Sawing Machine Operator
  • Clipper Machine Operator
  • Coping Machine Operator
  • Corner Brace Block Machine Operator
  • Croze Machine Operator
  • Edging Machine Operator
  • Heading Up Machine Operator
  • Kerfer Machine Operator
  • Knife Setter
  • Matching Machine Operator
  • Mitering Machine Operator
  • Ratchet Setter
  • Rip and Groove Machine Operator
  • Shaping Machine Tender
  • Tenon Machine Operator
  • Trimmer Machine Operator
  • Trimming Machine Operator
  • Turning Machine Operator

  • 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.
  • Clear machine jams, using hand tools.
  • 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.
  • Lubricate or clean machines, using wrenches, grease guns, or solvents.
  • Monitor sawing machines, adjusting speed and tension and clearing jams to ensure proper operation.
  • Mount and bolt sawing blades or attachments to machine shafts.

  • Set equipment controls to meet cutting specifications.
  • Set equipment guides, stops, spacers, or other fixtures.
  • Shape metal workpieces with hammers or other small hand tools.