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