Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
SOC Code: 51-7041
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Woods inspect and measure workpieces to mark for cuts and to verify the accuracy of cuts, using rulers, squares, or caliper rules. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 85.5/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Operation and Control, Operations Monitoring, Operations Monitoring.
AI-Proof Score: 85.5 — Very High
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Median Salary
$39,950
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Job Growth
-0.6%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Operation and Control
- •Operations Monitoring
- •Critical Thinking
- •Monitoring
- •Troubleshooting
- •Quality Control Analysis
Common Tasks
- ✓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.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation