Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Tasks Include:
- 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.
- 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.
- Mount and bolt sawing blades or attachments to machine shafts.
- Monitor sawing machines, adjusting speed and tension and clearing jams to ensure proper operation.
- Guide workpieces against saws, saw over workpieces by hand, or operate automatic feeding devices to guide cuts.
- Sharpen blades, or replace defective or worn blades or bands, using hand tools.
- Lubricate or clean machines, using wrenches, grease guns, or solvents.
- Clear machine jams, using hand tools.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: -4.4%
National: +4.0%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$36,270.00
State
$32,720.00
Regional
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Description
Career Cluster: | Manufacturing |
Set up, operate, or tend wood sawing machines. May operate computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment. Includes lead sawyers.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 59.25%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 21.75%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 9.50%
- Some College Courses = 9.50%
Related Work Experience
- None = 34.02%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 22.79%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 12.29%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 11.73%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 8.21%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 7.11%
- Up to and including 1 month = 3.84%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 38%
- Up to and including 1 month = 23.13%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 13.24%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 10%
- None = 8.37%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 7.25%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 36.74%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 23.45%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 14.91%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 9.81%
- None or short demonstration = 7.97%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 7.11%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- 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.
- 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.
- Mount and bolt sawing blades or attachments to machine shafts.
- Monitor sawing machines, adjusting speed and tension and clearing jams to ensure proper operation.
- Guide workpieces against saws, saw over workpieces by hand, or operate automatic feeding devices to guide cuts.
- Sharpen blades, or replace defective or worn blades or bands, using hand tools.
- Lubricate or clean machines, using wrenches, grease guns, or solvents.
- Clear machine jams, using hand tools.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Examine logs or lumber to plan the best cuts.
- Operate panelboards of saw or conveyor systems to move stock through processes or to cut stock to specified dimensions.
- Select saw blades, types or grades of stock, or cutting procedures to be used, according to work orders or supervisors' instructions.
- Adjust bolts, clamps, stops, guides, or table angles or heights, using hand tools.
- Count, sort, or stack finished workpieces.
- Dispose of waste material after completing work assignments.
- Measure and mark stock for cuts.
- Examine blueprints, drawings, work orders, or patterns to determine equipment set-up or selection details, procedures to be used, or dimensions of final products.
- Pull tables back against stops and depress pedals to advance cutterheads that shape stock ends.
- Trim lumber to straighten rough edges or remove defects, using circular saws.
- Position and clamp stock on tables, conveyors, or carriages, using hoists, guides, stops, dogs, wedges, or wrenches.
- Cut grooves, bevels, or miters, saw curved or irregular designs, and sever or shape metals, according to specifications or work orders.
- Unclamp and remove finished workpieces from tables.
- Unload and roll logs from trucks to sawmill decks or to carriages, or move logs in ponds, using pike poles.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Adjustable wrenches (Adjustable hand wrenches)
- Power saws (Band saws)
- Power saws (Band scroll saws)
- Bench dog (Bench dogs)
- Biscuit jointers
- C clamps
- Power saws (Circular saws)
- Squares (Combination squares)
- Mainframe console or dumb terminals (Computer terminals)
- Power saws (Contour band saws)
- Belt conveyors (Conveyer belt systems)
- Forestry saws (Crosscut saws)
- Power saws (Cutoff saws)
- Desktop computers
- Calipers (Dial calipers)
- Calipers (Digital calipers)
- Forklifts
- Grease guns
- Forestry saws (Head saws)
- Hoists (Hoisting equipment)
- Hold down clamps (Holding clamps)
- Sharpening stones or tools or kits (Honing stones)
- Power saws (Jig saws)
- Tape measures (Measuring tapes)
- Sawing machines (Miter saws)
- Sawing machines (Multiple blade sawing machines)
- Personal computers
- Extension pole (Pike poles)
- Planing machines (Planers)
- Power drills
- Power sanders
- Rulers (Precision rulers)
- Power saws (Rip saws)
- Saw guide (Saw guides)
- Power saws (Scroll saws)
- Bevels (Sliding t-bevels)
- Power saws (Sliding table saws)
- Rulers (Steel rules)
- Screwdrivers (Straight screwdrivers)
- Power saws (Table saws)
- Utility knives
- Calipers (Vernier calipers)
- Welding tools (Welding equipment)
Technologies Include:
- Industrial control software
- Computerized numerical control CNC software
- Inventory management software
- Automated inventory software
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
56.00 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
55.25 | Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
53.00 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
53.00 | Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
50.00 | Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
50.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
50.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
50.00 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
65.50 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
59.50 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
59.50 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
59.50 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
56.25 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
56.25 | Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
56.25 | Rate Control | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. |
56.25 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
53.00 | Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
53.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
53.00 | Stamina | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. |
53.00 | Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing. |
50.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
50.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
50.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
50.00 | Depth Perception | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. |
50.00 | Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
77.75 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
77.75 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
67.50 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
66.25 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
61.25 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
60.25 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
59.50 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
56.75 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
56.75 | Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment | Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles. |
54.25 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
53.00 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
52.00 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
82.50 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
82.25 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
79.25 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
79.00 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
76.25 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
75.75 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
75.00 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
73.50 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
72.50 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
71.75 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
64.75 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
62.50 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
59.25 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
56.25 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
55.25 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
53.75 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
72.17 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
100.00 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
98.20 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
95.40 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
93.60 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
92.00 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
90.00 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
89.60 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
88.80 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
86.00 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
84.20 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
84.20 | Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.) |
83.60 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
81.00 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
78.80 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
77.00 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
75.00 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
74.60 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
74.20 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
71.80 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
71.00 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
68.80 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
65.60 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
64.40 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
63.40 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
61.80 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
58.00 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
57.00 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
55.60 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
52.80 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
50.60 | Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions | How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions? |
50.40 | Degree of Automation | How automated is the job? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $26,930.00 | $36,270.00 | $43,050.00 |
Virginia | $27,000.00 | $32,720.00 | $38,440.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Bay Consortium | $29,400.45 | $35,973.14 | $42,954.34 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $29,790.21 | $34,344.30 | $40,847.16 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $27,065.05 | $34,860.15 | $42,598.97 |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $28,418.77 | $31,595.17 | $36,194.07 |
Northern Virginia and Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | $30,611.40 | $37,445.66 | $44,292.43 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | $28,426.06 | $30,838.58 | $38,712.89 |
Southwestern Virginia | $27,028.57 | $32,993.70 | $37,341.45 |
West Piedmont | $26,943.12 | $31,067.85 | $38,908.81 |
Western Virginia | $29,417.13 | $30,753.13 | $39,914.46 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 47,100 | 49,000 | +4.0% |
Virginia | 2,017 | 1,928 | -4.4% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Bay Consortium | 133 | 132 | -0.8% |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | 168 | 171 | +1.8% |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | 190 | 171 | -10.0% |
New River/Mt. Rogers | 101 | 93 | -7.9% |
Northern Virginia and Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | 239 | 222 | -7.1% |
Shenandoah Valley | 192 | 190 | -1.0% |
South Central | 281 | 235 | -16.4% |
Southwestern Virginia | 181 | 148 | -18.2% |
West Piedmont | 174 | 159 | -8.6% |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
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- Sewing Machine Operators
- Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
- Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders
- Slaughterers and Meat Packers
- Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing
- Team Assemblers
- Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
- Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
- Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters
- Tire Builders
- Tool and Die Makers
- Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
- Upholsterers
- Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Woodworkers, All Other
- Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Automatic Bandsaw Tender
- Automatic Edger
- Automatic Log Cut-Off Sawyer
- Backup Sawyer
- Band Saw Operator
- Band Saw Runner
- Band Sawyer
- Band Scroll Saw Operator
- Bandmill Operator
- Bead Cutter
- Beading Sawyer
- Bill Cutter
- Billet Cutter
- Block Bolter Mule Operator
- Block Cutter
- Block Saw Operator
- Block Sawyer
- Board Saw Runner
- Bolt Machine Operator
- Bolt Maker
- Bolter
- Bottom Saw Operator
- Butting Saw Operator
- Button Sawyer
- Buzzsaw Operator
- Casey Saw Operator
- Chain Saw Driver
- Chip-N-Saw Operator
- Chop Saw Operator
- Chucking and Sawing Machine Operator
- Circle Cutting Saw Operator
- Circle Saw Operator
- Circular Head Saw Operator
- Clipper Machine Operator
- Clipper Operator
- Cob Sawyer
- Coping Machine Operator
- Cordwood Cutter
- Cork Slabs Sawyer
- Corner Brace Block Machine Operator
- Corner Former
- Corner Trimmer Operator
- Cross Cut Saw Operator
- Crosscutter
- Croze Machine Operator
- Crozer
- Crozer Operator
- Curve Saw Operator
- Cut Off Saw Operator
- Cut Off Sawyer
- Cut Off Worker
- Cutter
- Debarker Operator
- Defect Cutter
- Dimension Mill Worker
- Door Cutter
- Dowel Pointer
- Drag Sawyer
- Dragsaw Operator
- Drum Saw Operator
- Edge Runner
- Edge Sawyer
- Edger
- Edger Feeder
- Edger Operator
- Edger Runner
- Edger Saw Operator
- Edgerman
- Edging Catcher
- Edging Machine Operator
- Equalizer
- Equalizer Operator
- Gang Head Saw Operator
- Gang Rip Operator
- Gang Saw Operator
- Gang Sawyer
- Hardwood Sawyer
- Head Automatic Sawyer
- Head Packager
- Head Sawyer
- Heading Saw Operator
- Heading Up Machine Operator
- Headrig Sawyer
- Hewer
- Hoop Cutter
- Jigsaw Operator
- Jigsawyer
- Kerfer Machine Operator
- Knee Bolter
- Knife Setter
- Knot Cutter
- Knot Saw Operator
- Lather
- Lathmaker
- Log Chipper
- Log Cut Off Sawyer
- Log Cut-Off Sawyer
- Log Sawyer
- Lumber Grader
- Lumber Planer
- Lumber Trimmer
- Machine Operator
- Machine Tank Operator
- Manufacturing Assistant
- Manufacturing Associate
- Manufacturing Operator
- Matcher Operator
- Matching Machine Operator
- Mill Worker
- Miller
- Mine Wedge Sawyer
- Miter Operator
- Miter Saw Operator
- Miter Sawyer
- Mitering Machine Operator
- Panel Saw Operator
- Planer
- Plug Saw Operator
- Pocket Cutter
- Pond Sawyer
- Pony Edger
- Pony Trimmer
- Portable Sawmill Operator
- Power Wood Sawyer
- Prop Cutter
- Prop Sawyer
- Radial Arm Saw Operator
- Radial Saw Operator
- Ratchet Setter
- Resaw Carriage Operator
- Resaw Operator
- Resawyer
- Resizer Operator
- Rip and Groove Machine Operator
- Rip Saw Operator
- Rip Sawyer
- Ripper
- Ripsaw Operator
- Rough Mill Machine Operator
- Sander Operator
- Saw Operator
- Saw Runner
- Sawmill Hand
- Sawmill Worker
- Sawyer
- Shake Cutter
- Shake Maker
- Shake Sawyer
- Shake Splitter
- Shaping Machine Tender
- Shim Plug Cutter
- Shingle Cutter
- Shingle Sawyer
- Shingle Trimmer
- Side Sawyer
- Slasher
- Slasher Operator
- Splitter
- Stave and Bolt Equalizer
- Stave Bolt Equalizer
- Stave Cutter
- Stave Hewer
- Stave Log Cut-Off Saw Operator
- Stave Log Ripsaw Operator
- Stave Saw Operator
- Stile Ripsaw Operator
- Stock Cutter
- Stock Grader
- Stock Patch Sawyer
- Swing Saw Operator
- Tail Edger
- Tail Sawyer
- Tail Trimmer
- Tenon Machine Operator
- Tenoner Operator
- Tie Sawyer
- Timber Cutter
- Timber Trimmer
- Trim Saw Operator
- Trim Sawyer
- Trimmer
- Trimmer Machine Operator
- Trimmer Sawyer
- Trimming Machine Operator
- Turning Machine Operator
- Two Pass Saw Operator
- Unisaw Operator
- Utility Operator
- Variety Saw Operator
- Veneer Clipper
- Veneer Cutter
- Veneer Sawyer
- Whip Sawyer
- Wood Cutter
- Wood Gang Sawyer
- Wood Sawyer
- Wood Type Cutter
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Related Schools
- American River College
- Bakersfield College
- Bates Technical College
- Berks Career & Technology Center
- Bucks County Community College
- Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center
- Central Carolina Community College
- Central Georgia Technical College
- Central New Mexico Community College
- Cerritos College
- Chisholm Trail Technology Center
- Coastal Alabama Community College
- College of Micronesia-FSM
- College of Southern Idaho
- College of the Redwoods
- Columbus Technical College
- East Arkansas Community College
- Eastern Maine Community College
- El Camino Community College District
- Erwin Technical College
- Florida Panhandle Technical College
- Fox Valley Technical College
- Francis Tuttle Technology Center
- Fullerton College
- GateWay Community College
- George C Wallace Community College-Dothan
- Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center
- Hennepin Technical College
- Ivy Tech Community College
- J F Ingram State Technical College
- Lancaster County Career and Technology Center
- Laney College
- Lee College
- Long Beach City College
- Madison Area Technical College
- Mendocino College
- Mesabi Range College
- Michigan Career and Technical Institute
- Milwaukee Area Technical College
- Moraine Park Technical College
- Northwest-Shoals Community College
- Northwood Technical College
- Ocean County Vocational-Technical School
- Palomar College
- Pima Community College
- Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater
- Prairie State College
- Rolla Technical Institute/Center
- Saint Paul College
- Salt Lake Community College
- Savannah Technical College
- Seattle Central College
- Southern Crescent Technical College
- Southern Regional Technical College
- SUNY College of Technology at Delhi
- Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
- Uintah Basin Technical College
- Utah Valley University
- Washburn Institute of Technology
- Washtenaw Community College
- Western Technical College
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