Job Description:

• 1) Operates head saw and feed carriage to saw logs into cants or boards: Starts mechanical loader arms that place log on carriage.

• 2) Sets dogs and adjusts carriage blocks to align log for sawing.

• 3) Activates carriage that moves log against saw blade.

• 4) Starts saw to cut log.

• 5) Observes exposed face of log after first cut to determine grade and size of next cut and adjusts setting of carriage blocks.

• 6) Starts mechanical log turner that turns log over on carriage for subsequent cuts.

• 7) May change saw blades.

• 8) May be designated according to type of saw operated as Band-Head-Saw Operator; Circular-Head-Saw Operator.