Sawmill operator
Code 8172.5
Sawmill operators work with automated lumber mill equipment which saws timber into rough lumber. They also handle various sawing machines which further process the lumber in various shapes and sizes. These processes are nowadays often computer controlled.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- woodworking processes
- cutting technologies
- types of wood
- wood cuts
Skills and competences
- adjust cut sizes
- supply machine
- monitor automated machines
- create cutting plan
- ensure conformity to specifications
- ensure equipment availability
- manipulate wood
- manipular productos derivados de la madera
- keep sawing equipment in good condition
- operate wood sawing equipment
- handle timber
- troubleshoot
- remove inadequate workpieces
- remove processed workpiece
- perform test run
- work safely with machines
- wear appropriate protective gear
Transversal competences
- dispose of cutting waste material
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences