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“Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood” will probably be replaced by robots.

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Job Description

Set up, operate, or tend wood sawing machines. May operate CNC equipment. Includes lead sawyers.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-7041.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 29,960.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 14.00
Currently, there are 50,640 people on this job

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Tasks for “Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood”

Cut grooves, bevels, or miters, saw curved or irregular designs, and sever or shape metals, according to specifications or work orders.
Dispose of waste material after completing work assignments.
Adjust bolts, clamps, stops, guides, or table angles or heights, using hand tools.
Unclamp and remove finished workpieces from tables.
Mount and bolt sawing blades or attachments to machine shafts.
Examine logs or lumber to plan the best cuts.
Unload and roll logs from trucks to sawmill decks or to carriages or move logs in ponds, using pike poles.
Inspect and measure workpieces to mark for cuts and to verify the accuracy of cuts, using rulers, squares, or caliper rules.
Trim lumber to straighten rough edges or remove defects, using circular saws.
Select saw blades, types or grades of stock, or cutting procedures to be used, according to work orders or supervisors' instructions.
Monitor sawing machines, adjusting speed and tension and clearing jams to ensure proper operation.
Lubricate or clean machines, using wrenches, grease guns, or solvents.
Adjust saw blades, using wrenches and rulers, or by turning handwheels or pressing pedals, levers, or panel buttons.
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.
Sharpen blades or replace defective or worn blades or bands, using hand tools.
Position and clamp stock on tables, conveyors, or carriages, using hoists, guides, stops, dogs, wedges, or wrenches.
Examine blueprints, drawings, work orders, or patterns to determine equipment set-up or selection details, procedures to be used, or dimensions of final products.
Measure and mark stock for cuts.
Clear machine jams, using hand tools.
Count, sort, or stack finished workpieces.
Guide workpieces against saws, saw over workpieces by hand, or operate automatic feeding devices to guide cuts.
Pull tables back against stops and depress pedals to advance cutterheads that shape stock ends.
Operate panelboards of saw or conveyor systems to move stock through processes or to cut stock to specified dimensions.

Related Technology & Tools

Contour band saws
Hoisting equipment
Crosscut saws
Planers
Pike poles
Bench dogs
Vernier calipers
Sliding table saws
Saw guides
Grease guns
Utility knives
Computer terminals
Cutoff saws
Portable welding equipment
Band saws
Digital calipers
Dial calipers
Power sanders
Precision rulers
Circular saws
Sliding t-bevels
Band scroll saws
Biscuit jointers
Honing stones
Conveyer belt systems
Measuring tapes
Miter saws
Adjustable hand wrenches
Steel rules
Desktop computers
Straight screwdrivers
Holding clamps
C clamps
Combination squares
Scroll saws
Table saws
Rip saws
Personal computers
Power drills
Head saws
Jig saws
Multiple blade sawing machines
Forklifts

Microsoft Office
Microsoft Word
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Excel
Automated inventory software
Computerized numerical control CNC software