According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Inspect and measure workpieces to mark for cuts and to verify the accuracy of cuts, using rulers, squares, or caliper rules. | 92% |
| Adjust saw blades, using wrenches and rulers, or by turning handwheels or pressing pedals, levers, or panel buttons. | 90% |
| Mount and bolt sawing blades or attachments to machine shafts. | 90% |
| Adjust bolts, clamps, stops, guides, or table angles or heights, using hand tools. | 89% |
| 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. | 89% |
| Examine logs or lumber to plan the best cuts. | 88% |
| Trim lumber to straighten rough edges or remove defects, using circular saws. | 86% |
| Inspect stock for imperfections or to estimate grades or qualities of stock or workpieces. | 86% |
| Monitor sawing machines, adjusting speed and tension and clearing jams to ensure proper operation. | 86% |
| Sharpen blades, or replace defective or worn blades or bands, using hand tools. | 86% |
| Count, sort, or stack finished workpieces. | 85% |
| Guide workpieces against saws, saw over workpieces by hand, or operate automatic feeding devices to guide cuts. | 85% |
| Position and clamp stock on tables, conveyors, or carriages, using hoists, guides, stops, dogs, wedges, or wrenches. | 83% |
| Unload and roll logs from trucks to sawmill decks or to carriages, or move logs in ponds, using pike poles. | 83% |
| Measure and mark stock for cuts. | 81% |
| Operate panelboards of saw or conveyor systems to move stock through processes or to cut stock to specified dimensions. | 81% |
| Clear machine jams, using hand tools. | 80% |
| Examine blueprints, drawings, work orders, or patterns to determine equipment set-up or selection details, procedures to be used, or dimensions of final products. | 80% |
| Pull tables back against stops and depress pedals to advance cutterheads that shape stock ends. | 80% |
| Select saw blades, types or grades of stock, or cutting procedures to be used, according to work orders or supervisors' instructions. | 80% |
| Cut grooves, bevels, or miters, saw curved or irregular designs, and sever or shape metals, according to specifications or work orders. | 80% |
| Unclamp and remove finished workpieces from tables. | 78% |
| Lubricate or clean machines, using wrenches, grease guns, or solvents. | 76% |
| Dispose of waste material after completing work assignments. | 70% |
