Occupational Employment Statistics
51-7041 Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Set up, operate, or tend wood sawing machines. May operate CNC equipment. Includes lead sawyers.
Northeast Minnesota
| 50 | 15 | $20.48/hr | $15.20/hr | $15.47/hr | $19.43/hr | $23.70/hr | $24.20/hr |
Manufacturing | 350 | $19.42/hr |
Trade, Transportation and Utilities | N/A | N/A |
Professional and Business Services | 20 | $18.74/hr |
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 140 | $17.99/hr | -11.1% |
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 4,170 | $19.54/hr | -2.3% |
Helpers--Production Workers
| 4,430 | $15.29/hr | -3.7% |
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
| 1,910 | $20.53/hr | N/A |
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
| 10,120 | $24.65/hr | 7.7% |
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 1,700 | $24.48/hr | -1.6% |
Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 640 | $24.39/hr | -1.6% |
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 3,380 | $23.97/hr | 4.3% |
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 1,950 | $24.34/hr | -8.6% |
- Dispose of waste material after completing work assignments.
- Guide workpieces against saws, saw over workpieces by hand, or operate automatic feeding devices to guide cuts.
- Operate panelboards of saw or conveyor systems to move stock through processes or to cut stock to specified dimensions.
- Count, sort, or stack finished workpieces.
- Inspect and measure workpieces to mark for cuts and to verify the accuracy of cuts, using rulers, squares, or caliper rules.
- Examine logs or lumber to plan the best cuts.
- Trim lumber to straighten rough edges or remove defects, using circular saws.
- Select saw blades, types or grades of stock, or cutting procedures to be used, according to work orders or supervisors' instructions.
- Adjust bolts, clamps, stops, guides, or table angles or heights, using hand tools.
- Position and clamp stock on tables, conveyors, or carriages, using hoists, guides, stops, dogs, wedges, or wrenches.