Sawing Machine Setter / Operator / Tender / Wood

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

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Bandmill Operator; Cut Off Saw Operator; Edgerman; Knot Saw Operator; Panel Saw Operator; Planer; Resaw Operator; Rip Saw Operator; Saw Operator; Sawyer

Tasks

• Inspect and measure workpieces to mark for cuts and to verify the accuracy of cuts, using rulers, squares, or caliper rules.
• Adjust saw blades, using wrenches and rulers, or by turning handwheels or pressing pedals, levers, or panel buttons.
• Mount and bolt sawing blades or attachments to machine shafts.
• 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.
• Inspect stock for imperfections or to estimate grades or qualities of stock or workpieces.
• Monitor sawing machines, adjusting speed and tension and clearing jams to ensure proper operation.
• Sharpen blades, or replace defective or worn blades or bands, using hand tools.
• Guide workpieces against saws, saw over workpieces by hand, or operate automatic feeding devices to guide cuts.
• Clear machine jams, using hand tools.
• Lubricate or clean machines, using wrenches, grease guns, or solvents.

Knowledge

• Production and Processing
• Mechanical

Skills

• Critical Thinking
• Monitoring

Abilities

• Control Precision
• Arm-Hand Steadiness
• Manual Dexterity
• Near Vision
• Problem Sensitivity
• Finger Dexterity
• Rate Control
• Reaction Time
• Selective Attention
• Multilimb Coordination
• Trunk Strength
• Stamina
• Deductive Reasoning
• Inductive Reasoning
• Static Strength
• Far Vision
• Depth Perception