Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood

Production · SOC 51-7041

0.0% AI Exposure — Low

$42,770

Median Annual Salary

Average

O*NET Outlook

6,200

Proj. Annual Openings

40,850

Employment (OEWS 2025)

100/100

AI Resiliency Score

AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.

AI Exposure Analysis

AI Exposure0.0%

AI Resiliency100/100

Exposure BandLow

Sector Avg. Exposure0.8%

1.Operations Monitoring

2.Operation and Control

3.Critical Thinking

4.Monitoring

5.Troubleshooting

O*NET occupation profile

Set up, operate, or tend wood sawing machines. May operate computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment. Includes lead sawyers.

Common titles: Bandmill Operator, Cut Off Saw Operator, Edgerman, Knot Saw Operator, Panel Saw Operator, Planer

•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.
•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.
•Inspect stock for imperfections or to estimate grades or qualities of stock or workpieces.

•Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
•Set equipment controls to meet cutting specifications.
•Mount attachments or tools onto production equipment.
•Set equipment guides, stops, spacers, or other fixtures.
•Inspect lumber or raw woodstock.

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