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.
Northwest Minnesota
| 120 | 17 | $24.02/hr | $18.59/hr | $22.92/hr | $24.02/hr | $24.86/hr | $29.67/hr |
Natural Resources and Mining | N/A | N/A |
Manufacturing | 770 | $24.11/hr |
Trade, Transportation and Utilities | 40 | $26.43/hr |
Professional and Business Services | 30 | $19.23/hr |
Education and Health Services | N/A | N/A |
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 90 | $20.33/hr | -4.2% |
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 5,570 | $24.90/hr | -3.5% |
Helpers--Production Workers
| 3,040 | $20.65/hr | -6.3% |
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
| 720 | $23.91/hr | 5.1% |
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
| 9,420 | $28.71/hr | 6.1% |
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 1,330 | $27.58/hr | 1.9% |
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 360 | $28.26/hr | -4.6% |
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 3,630 | $26.51/hr | 3.5% |
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 1,950 | $27.26/hr | -5.6% |
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
| 56,030 | $22.13/hr | 6.7% |
- 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.