Sawmill Operator / Sawyer
Hybrid-based
ONET: 51-7041.00
1
Years
34
Skills
144h
Related instructions
2000h
On-the-job training
Classroom instruction topics
- NCCER Core
- CPR / First Aid
- PPE
- Safety - Wood Yard, Chainsaw, OSHA, Mill Operations
- Forklift Certification
On-the-job training
- Safety
- Wears appropriate PPE according to assigned task
- Wood yard
- Chainsaw
- Understands mill operations; identifies unsafe procedures
- Forklift
- Kiln - start up, stop, emergency shutdown
- Understands and applies emergency notification and protocols
- Provides accurate information to supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates
- Equipment
- Maintains and repairs chainsaw; sharpens chain
- Maintains and repairs forklift
- Maintains saws: blade sharpening, blade straightening, blade setting
- Replaces worn equipment components
- Lubricates and cleans equipment
- Loading and Moving; Stacking Lumber
- Reads and understands work orders to determine product specifications or requirements; reviews instructions to determine operational methods or sequences
- Safely uses and understands All Terrain Forklift operation
- Loads and transports stacked lumber
- Log species identification
- Deck loading for the saw
- Log positioning for efficient utilization
- Grades lumber; inspects materials to identify problems or defects; understands and applies grading
- Log scaling
- Board footage measuring
- Stacking lumber
- Sticker placement
- Dunnage placement / lumber skids
- Kiln Operations
- Prep lumber for kiln drying
- Loading lumber kilns
- Kiln operation and maintenance; can quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine to exact positions
- Starting temperatures
- Wet bulb / dry bulb reading
- Moisture meter operation
- Monitors process; reviews information to detect or access
- Biproduct Utilization
- Identifies alternative usage
- Dispose of trash and/or waste materials
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