Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Wood
Resaw Operator, Rip Saw Operator, Saw Operator, Sawyer
What they do:
Set up, operate, or tend wood sawing machines. May operate CNC equipment. Includes lead sawyers.
On the job, you would:
- 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.
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
- manufacture and distribution of products
Engineering and Technology
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Basic Skills
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Hand and Finger Use
- hold or move items with your hands
- keep your arm or hand steady
Controlled Movement
- quickly change the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat
- change when and how fast you move based on how something else is moving
Endurance
- exercise for a long time without getting out of breath
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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:
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Self Control
- Stress Tolerance
- Integrity
- Persistence
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You might use software like this on the job:
Spreadsheet software
Office suite software
Word processing software
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high school diploma/GED or
no high school diploma/GED
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
$28,380
per year, on average
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