该小组履行以下部分或全部职责：

• 操作前端装载机和固定式甲板起重机将原木送入锯木厂
• 检查原木和原木，以确定尺寸、状况、质量和其他特性，以确定最佳木材切割方式，或使用自动化设备通过激光扫描仪传送原木，从而确定最高效和最有利可图的切割模式
• 从控制室或控制台操作自动化伐木设备，将原木锯成粗木材；将粗木材锯切、修整和刨成各种尺寸的加工木材；并锯开或劈开带状疱疹和摇晃
• 启动输送机系统，将原木和木材移入和移出锯
• 使用扳手、量规和其他手动工具设置和调整锯设备并更换锯片或带
• 操作设备按长度和厚度对木材进行分类和堆垛，将堆垛移至存储区或干燥窑，并通过刨床输送木材
• 监控木材和计算机屏幕的移动，以确保根据规格进行切割，并打印生产报告
• 清洁和润滑锯木厂设备。

• 通常需要完成中学学业。
• 可能需要木材加工技术的大学课程。
• 通常会提供数周的在职培训。
• 首席锯木工和刨床操作员通常需要在同一家公司的其他锯木机操作职位上有多年的经验。
• 可能需要工业急救证书。

• 随着经验的积累，可能晋升到主管职位。
• 这个职业组的工作之间存在一定的流动性。

• 木材、纸浆和纸张加工工人（95103）
• 木材分级员和其他木材加工检查员和分级员（94123）
• 其他木材加工机械操作员（94129）
• 主管，林产品加工（92014）
• 木工机械操作员（94124）

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Operate front-end loaders and stationary deck cranes to feed logs into the sawmill
• Examine logs and rough lumber to determine size, condition, quality and other characteristics to decide best lumber cuts to carry out, or use automated equipment to convey logs through laser scanners which determine the most productive and profitable cutting patterns
• Operate automated lumbermill equipment from control rooms or consoles to saw logs into rough lumber; saw, trim and plane rough lumber into dressed lumber of various sizes; and saw or split shingles and shakes
• Start conveyor system to move logs and lumber to and from saws
• Set up and adjust saw equipment and replace blades or bands using wrenches, gauges and other hand tools
• Operate equipment to sort and stack lumber by length and thickness, move stacks to storage areas or drying kilns, and feed lumber through planers
• Monitor movement of lumber and computer screens to ensure cuts are made according to specifications, and print production reports
• Clean and lubricate sawmill equipment.

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• College courses in wood processing technology may be required.
• Several weeks of on-the-job training are usually provided.
• Head sawyers and planer operators usually require several years of experience in other sawmill machine operating positions in the same company.
• A certificate in industrial first aid may be required.

• Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.
• There is some mobility among jobs in this occupational group.

• Labourers in wood, pulp and paper processing (95103)
• Lumber graders and other wood processing inspectors and graders (94123)
• Other wood processing machine operators (94129)
• Supervisors, forest products processing (92014)
• Woodworking machine operators (94124)