sawmill operator
ISCO: 8172. Skills: 47. Essential: 21.
Essential skills
- adjust cut sizes
- create cutting plan
- cutting technologies
- dispose of cutting waste material
- ensure conformity to specifications
- ensure equipment availability
- handle timber
- keep sawing equipment in good condition
- manipulate wood
- monitor automated machines
- operate wood sawing equipment
- perform test run
- remove inadequate workpieces
- remove processed workpiece
- supply machine
- troubleshoot
- types of wood
- wear appropriate protective gear
- wood cuts
- woodworking processes
- work safely with machines
Supporting skills
- advise on machinery malfunctions
- check quality of raw materials
- conduct routine machinery checks
- consult technical resources
- first aid
- identify hazards in the workplace
- inspect quality of products
- keep records of work progress
- measure parts of manufactured products
- mechanical systems
- monitor stock level
- operate band saw
- operate crosscut saw
- operate table saw
- operate thickness planer machine
- operate wood router
- pack goods
- prepare wood production reports
- program a CNC controller
- record production data for quality control
- replace sawing blade on machine
- sawing techniques
- types of crosscut saws
- types of sawing blades
- types of table saws
- woodworking tools