Program Codes: 
10268,20820
Employment Percentage: 
-18.936170212766
SOC ID: 
51-7041
SOC Title: 
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
ONET ID: 
51-7041.00
ONET Concat ID: 
51704100
Median Salary: 
30258.46
Interest Area Term: 
Ed Level High School: 
81
Ed Level Certificate: 
9.5
Ed Level Some College: 
9.5
Ed Level Associates: 
0
Ed Level Bachelors: 
0
Ed Level Masters: 
0
Ed Level Doctor: 
0
Typical Ed Level: 
a high school diploma or less
Description: 

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

Core Tasks: 

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

Start Annual Earnings: 
24033.35
Top Annual Earnings: 
42904.79
Title Slug: 
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