Job Description:

• 1) Operates saws to cut planks, timbers, or boards into boards of lesser thickness according to work orders: Observes lumber on conveyor as lumber approaches saw to determine cut to be made.

• 2) Turns handwheels or manipulates levers to adjust distance between feed rolls and set saw for thickness of board to be cut.

• 3) Depresses levers to control speed of saw and feed rolls.

• 4) Observes automatic feeding of lumber to saw or pushes end of lumber into feed rolls.

• 5) May replace dull saw blades, using handtools.

• 6) May be designated according to type of saw used as Band-Resaw Operator; Circular-Resaw Operator; Multiple-Resaw Operator; Horizontal-Resaw Operator.