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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and CompetenciesSawing Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators Sawing Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.
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CompGeo Occupation Group:
Manufacturing
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Job Family:
Manufacturing/Wood/Furniture
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Benchmark Title:
Sawing Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators
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Summary Job Description |
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Set up, operate, or tend wood sawing machines. May operate CNC equipment. Includes lead sawyers. |
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood set up, operate, or tend wood sawing machines. Include head sawyers. |
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Adjust saw blades, using wrenches and rulers, or by turning handwheels or pressing pedals, levers, or panel buttons. |
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Inspect and measure workpieces to mark for cuts and to verify the accuracy of cuts, using rulers, squares, or caliper rules. |
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Examine logs or lumber in order to plan the best cuts. |
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Set up, operate, or tend saws and machines that cut or trim wood to specified dimensions, such as circular saws, band saws, multiple-blade sawing machines, scroll saws, ripsaws, and crozer machines. |
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Inspect stock for imperfections and to estimate grades or qualities of stock or workpieces. |
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Operate panelboards of saw and conveyor systems to move stock through processes, and to cut stock to specified dimensions. |
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Mount and bolt sawing blades or attachments to machine shafts. |
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Monitor sawing machines, adjusting speed and tension and clearing jams to ensure proper operation. |
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Select saw blades, types and grades of stock, and cutting procedures to be used, according to work orders or supervisors' instructions. |
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Guide workpieces against saws, saw over workpieces by hand, or operate automatic feeding devices to guide cuts. |
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Adjust bolts, clamps, stops, guides, and table angles and heights, using hand tools. |
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Sharpen blades or replace defective or worn blades and bands, using hand tools. |
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Count, sort, and stack finished workpieces. |
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Lubricate and clean machines, using wrenches, grease guns, and solvents. |
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Clear machine jams, using hand tools. |
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Dispose of waste material after completing work assignments. |
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Measure and mark stock for cuts. |
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Examine blueprints, drawings, work orders, or patterns to determine equipment set-up and selection details, procedures to be used, and dimensions of final products. |
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Pull tables back against stops, and depress pedals to advance cutterheads that shape stock ends. |
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Trim lumber to straighten rough edges and remove defects, using circular saws. |
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Position and clamp stock on tables, conveyors, or carriages, using hoists, guides, stops, dogs, wedges, and wrenches. |
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Cut grooves, bevels, and miters, saw curved or irregular designs, and sever or shape metals, according to specifications or work orders. |
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Unclamp and remove finished workpieces from tables. |
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Unload and roll logs from trucks to sawmill decks or to carriages, or move logs in ponds, using pike poles. |
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CompGeo Occupation Group:
Manufacturing
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Job Family:
Manufacturing/Wood/Furniture
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Benchmark Title:
Sawing Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators
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Important Knowledge Competencies |
Competency Description |
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Mechanical |
Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
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Production and Processing |
Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
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Mathematics |
Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
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Design |
Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
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CompGeo Occupation Group:
Manufacturing
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Job Family:
Manufacturing/Wood/Furniture
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Benchmark Title:
Sawing Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators
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Important Skill Competencies |
Competency Description |
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Operation Monitoring |
Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
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Operation and Control |
Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
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Active Listening |
Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
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Critical Thinking |
Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
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Monitoring |
Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
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Social Perceptiveness |
Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
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Coordination |
Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
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Equipment Maintenance |
Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
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Quality Control Analysis |
Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
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Judgment and Decision Making |
Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
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Speaking |
Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
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Repairing |
Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
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CompGeo Occupation Group:
Manufacturing
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Job Family:
Manufacturing/Wood/Furniture
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Benchmark Title:
Sawing Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators
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Important Ability Competencies |
Competency Description |
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Arm-Hand Steadiness |
The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
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Control Precision |
The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
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Near Vision |
The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
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Finger Dexterity |
The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
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Oral Comprehension |
The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
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Oral Expression |
The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
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Manual Dexterity |
The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
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Problem Sensitivity |
The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. |
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Multilimb Coordination |
The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
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Trunk Strength |
The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. |
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Deductive Reasoning |
The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
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Inductive Reasoning |
The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
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Category Flexibility |
The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
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Selective Attention |
The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
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Rate Control |
The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. |
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Speech Clarity |
The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
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Information Ordering |
The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
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Flexibility of Closure |
The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
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Visualization |
The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
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Reaction Time |
The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
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Static Strength |
The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
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Depth Perception |
The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. |
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Speech Recognition |
The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
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Written Comprehension |
The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
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Written Expression |
The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
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Perceptual Speed |
The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
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Far Vision |
The ability to see details at a distance. |
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CompGeo Occupation Group:
Manufacturing
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Job Family:
Manufacturing/Wood/Furniture
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Benchmark Title:
Sawing Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators
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Tools/Technology Example |
Product Category |
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Automated inventory software |
Inventory management software |
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Computerized numerical control CNC software |
Industrial control software |
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Microsoft Excel |
Spreadsheet software |
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Microsoft Word |
Word processing software |
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Adjustable hand wrenches |
Adjustable wrenches |
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Band saws |
Power saws |
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Band scroll saws |
Power saws |
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Bench dogs |
Bench dog |
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Biscuit jointers |
Biscuit jointers |
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C clamps |
C clamps |
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Circular saws |
Power saws |
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Combination squares |
Squares |
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Computer terminals |
Mainframe console or dumb terminals |
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Contour band saws |
Power saws |
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Conveyer belt systems |
Belt conveyors |
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Crosscut saws |
Forestry saws |
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Cutoff saws |
Power saws |
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Desktop computers |
Desktop computers |
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Dial calipers |
Calipers |
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Digital calipers |
Calipers |
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Forklifts |
Forklifts |
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Grease guns |
Grease guns |
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Head saws |
Forestry saws |
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Hoisting equipment |
Hoists |
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Holding clamps |
Hold down clamps |
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Honing stones |
Sharpening stones or tools or kits |
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Jig saws |
Power saws |
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Measuring tapes |
Tape measures |
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Miter saws |
Sawing machines |
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Multiple blade sawing machines |
Sawing machines |
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Personal computers |
Personal computers |
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Pike poles |
Extension pole |
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Planers |
Planing machines |
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Power drills |
Power drills |
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Power sanders |
Power sanders |
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Precision rulers |
Rulers |
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Rip saws |
Power saws |
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Saw guides |
Saw guide |
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Scroll saws |
Power saws |
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Sliding t-bevels |
Bevels |
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Sliding table saws |
Power saws |
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Steel rules |
Rulers |
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Straight screwdrivers |
Screwdrivers |
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Table saws |
Power saws |
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Utility knives |
Utility knives |
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Vernier calipers |
Calipers |
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Welding equipment |
Welding tools |
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CompGeo Occupation Group:
Manufacturing
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Job Family:
Manufacturing/Wood/Furniture
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Benchmark Title:
Sawing Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators
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Prerequisite Qualification Category |
Education and Experience Level |
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Required Level of Education |
Less than a High School Diploma |
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On-Site or In-Plant Training |
Up to and including 1 month |
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Required Level of Education |
High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) |
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On-the-Job Training |
Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month |
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CompGeo Occupation Group:
Manufacturing
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Job Family:
Manufacturing/Wood/Furniture
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Benchmark Title:
Sawing Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators
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Alternate Job Title(s) |
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Automatic Bandsaw Tender |
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Automatic Edger |
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Automatic Log Cut-Off Sawyer |
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Backup Sawyer |
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Band Saw Operator |
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Band Saw Runner |
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Band Sawyer |
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Band Scroll Saw Operator |
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Bandmill Operator |
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Bead Cutter |
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Beading Sawyer |
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Bill Cutter |
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Billet Cutter |
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Block Bolter Mule Operator |
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Block Cutter |
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Block Saw Operator |
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Block Sawyer |
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Board Saw Runner |
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Bolt Machine Operator |
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Bolt Maker |
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Bolter |
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Bottom Saw Operator |
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Butting Saw Operator |
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Button Sawyer |
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Buzzsaw Operator |
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Casey Saw Operator |
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Chain Saw Driver |
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Chip-N-Saw Operator |
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Chop Saw Operator |
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Chucking and Sawing Machine Operator |
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Circle Cutting Saw Operator |
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Circle Saw Operator |
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Circular Head Saw Operator |
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Clipper Machine Operator |
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Clipper Operator |
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Cob Sawyer |
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Coping Machine Operator |
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Cordwood Cutter |
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Cork Slabs Sawyer |
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Corner Brace Block Machine Operator |
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Corner Former |
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Corner Trimmer Operator |
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Cross Cut Saw Operator |
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Crosscutter |
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Croze Machine Operator |
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Crozer |
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Crozer Operator |
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Curve Saw Operator |
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Cut Off Saw Operator |
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Cut Off Sawyer |
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Cut Off Worker |
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Cutter |
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Debarker Operator |
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Defect Cutter |
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Dimension Mill Worker |
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Door Cutter |
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Dowel Pointer |
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Drag Sawyer |
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Dragsaw Operator |
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Drum Saw Operator |
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Edge Runner |
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Edge Sawyer |
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Edger |
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Edger Feeder |
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Edger Operator |
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Edger Runner |
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Edger Saw Operator |
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Edgerman |
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Edging Catcher |
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Edging Machine Operator |
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Equalizer |
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Equalizer Operator |
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Gang Head Saw Operator |
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Gang Rip Operator |
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Gang Saw Operator |
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Gang Sawyer |
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Hardwood Sawyer |
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Head Automatic Sawyer |
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Head Packager |
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Head Sawyer |
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Heading Saw Operator |
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Heading Up Machine Operator |
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Headrig Sawyer |
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Hewer |
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Hoop Cutter |
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Jigsaw Operator |
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Jigsawyer |
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Kerfer Machine Operator |
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Knee Bolter |
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Knife Setter |
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Knot Cutter |
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Knot Saw Operator |
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Lather |
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Lathmaker |
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Log Chipper |
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Log Cut Off Sawyer |
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Log Cut-Off Sawyer |
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Log Sawyer |
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Lumber Grader |
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Lumber Planer |
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Lumber Trimmer |
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Machine Operator |
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Machine Tank Operator |
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Manufacturing Assistant |
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Manufacturing Associate |
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Manufacturing Operator |
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Matcher Operator |
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Matching Machine Operator |
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Mill Worker |
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Miller |
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Mine Wedge Sawyer |
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Miter Operator |
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Miter Saw Operator |
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Miter Sawyer |
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Mitering Machine Operator |
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Panel Saw Operator |
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Planer |
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Plug Saw Operator |
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Pocket Cutter |
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Pond Sawyer |
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Pony Edger |
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Pony Trimmer |
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Portable Sawmill Operator |
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Power Wood Sawyer |
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Prop Cutter |
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Prop Sawyer |
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Radial Arm Saw Operator |
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Radial Saw Operator |
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Ratchet Setter |
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Resaw Carriage Operator |
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Resaw Operator |
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Resawyer |
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Resizer Operator |
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Rip Saw Operator |
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Rip Sawyer |
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Rip and Groove Machine Operator |
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Ripper |
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Ripsaw Operator |
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Rough Mill Machine Operator |
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Sander Operator |
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Saw Operator |
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Saw Runner |
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Sawmill Hand |
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Sawmill Worker |
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Sawyer |
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Shake Cutter |
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Shake Maker |
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Shake Sawyer |
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Shake Splitter |
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Shaping Machine Tender |
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Shim Plug Cutter |
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Shingle Cutter |
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Shingle Sawyer |
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Shingle Trimmer |
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Side Sawyer |
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Slasher |
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Slasher Operator |
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Splitter |
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Stave Bolt Equalizer |
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Stave Cutter |
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Stave Hewer |
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Stave Log Cut-Off Saw Operator |
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Stave Log Ripsaw Operator |
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Stave Saw Operator |
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Stave and Bolt Equalizer |
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Stile Ripsaw Operator |
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Stock Cutter |
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Stock Grader |
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Stock Patch Sawyer |
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Swing Saw Operator |
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Tail Edger |
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Tail Sawyer |
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Tail Trimmer |
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Tenon Machine Operator |
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Tenoner Operator |
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Tie Sawyer |
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Timber Cutter |
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Timber Trimmer |
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Trim Saw Operator |
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Trim Sawyer |
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Trimmer |
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Trimmer Machine Operator |
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Trimmer Sawyer |
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Trimming Machine Operator |
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Turning Machine Operator |
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Two Pass Saw Operator |
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Unisaw Operator |
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Utility Operator |
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Variety Saw Operator |
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Veneer Clipper |
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Veneer Cutter |
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Veneer Sawyer |
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Whip Sawyer |
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Wood Cutter |
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Wood Gang Sawyer |
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Wood Sawyer |
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Wood Type Cutter |
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CompGeo Occupation Group:
Manufacturing
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Job Family:
Manufacturing/Wood/Furniture
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Benchmark Title:
Sawing Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators
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