Will AI Replace Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood?

Inspect and measure workpieces to mark for cuts and to verify the accuracy of cuts, using rulers, squares, or caliper rules.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Adjust saw blades, using wrenches and rulers, or by turning handwheels or pressing pedals, levers, or panel buttons.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Mount and bolt sawing blades or attachments to machine shafts.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Set up, operate, or tend saws or machines that cut or trim wood to specified dimensions, such as circular saws, band saws, multiple-blade sawing machines, scroll saws, ripsaws, or crozer machines.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Inspect stock for imperfections or to estimate grades or qualities of stock or workpieces.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Monitor sawing machines, adjusting speed and tension and clearing jams to ensure proper operation.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Sharpen blades, or replace defective or worn blades or bands, using hand tools.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Guide workpieces against saws, saw over workpieces by hand, or operate automatic feeding devices to guide cuts.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Clear machine jams, using hand tools.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Lubricate or clean machines, using wrenches, grease guns, or solvents.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Adjust bolts, clamps, stops, guides, or table angles or heights, using hand tools.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Examine logs or lumber to plan the best cuts.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Trim lumber to straighten rough edges or remove defects, using circular saws.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Count, sort, or stack finished workpieces.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Position and clamp stock on tables, conveyors, or carriages, using hoists, guides, stops, dogs, wedges, or wrenches.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Measure and mark stock for cuts.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Operate panelboards of saw or conveyor systems to move stock through processes or to cut stock to specified dimensions.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Examine blueprints, drawings, work orders, or patterns to determine equipment set-up or selection details, procedures to be used, or dimensions of final products.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Select saw blades, types or grades of stock, or cutting procedures to be used, according to work orders or supervisors' instructions.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Cut grooves, bevels, or miters, saw curved or irregular designs, and sever or shape metals, according to specifications or work orders.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Unclamp and remove finished workpieces from tables.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Dispose of waste material after completing work assignments.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.