Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Wood
Also called:
Sawyer, Rip Saw Operator, Machine Operator, Saw Operator
What they do:
Set up, operate, or tend wood sawing machines. May operate CNC equipment. Includes lead sawyers.
On the job, you would:
- Adjust saw blades, using wrenches and rulers, or by turning handwheels or pressing pedals, levers, or panel buttons.
- Inspect and measure workpieces to mark for cuts and to verify the accuracy of cuts, using rulers, squares, or caliper rules.
- Examine logs or lumber to plan the best cuts.
Engineering and Technology
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
- manufacture and distribution of products
Math and Science
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
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Basic Skills
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Hand and Finger Use
- keep your arm or hand steady
- put together small parts with your fingers
Controlled Movement
- quickly change the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat
- use your arms and/or legs together while sitting, standing, or lying down
Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
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People interested in this work like activities that include
practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Dependability
- Attention to Detail
- Cooperation
- Independence
- Initiative
- Adaptability/Flexibility
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You might use software like this on the job:
Spreadsheet software
Word processing software
Inventory management software
- Automated inventory software
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some high school or
high school diploma
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are likely in the future.
$26,220
per year, on average
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