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How exposed to AI is a Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood?

Of the 24 tasks O*NET lists for sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood, 0 could be done in half the time with a chat window today. 23 cannot be sped up at all. Here is which.

Exposure means published research judged an AI could halve the time a task takes, at the same quality. It does not mean the task stops needing a person. How to read this

Also called
Bandmill OperatorCut Off Saw OperatorEdgermanKnot Saw OperatorPanel Saw OperatorPlanerResaw OperatorRip Saw OperatorSaw OperatorSawyer
Reachable today Needs software built first Cannot be sped up
24
tasks rated for this occupation
0%
hold a degree, from a survey of only 18
45k
people do this job in the US
90 of 107
least protected in production

Every task, and what AI can do with it

These are O*NET's task statements for this occupation, exactly as written, sorted into the three bands by the ratings behind this report. Nothing has been reworded.

Only with software built on top

1
  • Select saw blades, types or grades of stock, or cutting procedures to be used, according to work orders or supervisors' instructions

Cannot be sped up

23
  • Inspect and measure workpieces to mark for cuts and to verify the accuracy of cuts, using rulers, squares, or caliper rules
  • Adjust saw blades, using wrenches and rulers, or by turning handwheels or pressing pedals, levers, or panel buttons
  • Mount and bolt sawing blades or attachments to machine shafts
  • 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
  • Inspect stock for imperfections or to estimate grades or qualities of stock or workpieces
  • Monitor sawing machines, adjusting speed and tension and clearing jams to ensure proper operation
  • Sharpen blades, or replace defective or worn blades or bands, using hand tools
  • Guide workpieces against saws, saw over workpieces by hand, or operate automatic feeding devices to guide cuts
  • Clear machine jams, using hand tools
  • Lubricate or clean machines, using wrenches, grease guns, or solvents
  • Adjust bolts, clamps, stops, guides, or table angles or heights, using hand tools
  • Examine logs or lumber to plan the best cuts
  • Trim lumber to straighten rough edges or remove defects, using circular saws
  • Count, sort, or stack finished workpieces
  • Position and clamp stock on tables, conveyors, or carriages, using hoists, guides, stops, dogs, wedges, or wrenches
  • Unload and roll logs from trucks to sawmill decks or to carriages, or move logs in ponds, using pike poles
  • Measure and mark stock for cuts
  • Operate panelboards of saw or conveyor systems to move stock through processes or to cut stock to specified dimensions
  • Examine blueprints, drawings, work orders, or patterns to determine equipment set-up or selection details, procedures to be used, or dimensions of final products
  • Pull tables back against stops and depress pedals to advance cutterheads that shape stock ends
  • Cut grooves, bevels, or miters, saw curved or irregular designs, and sever or shape metals, according to specifications or work orders
  • Unclamp and remove finished workpieces from tables
  • Dispose of waste material after completing work assignments
What this does not say

This is not a prediction about your job

Nobody surveyed an employer. Tasks are counted equally, so a percentage here is a share of the list rather than a share of your week. And the ratings were made in 2023, which makes every figure a floor rather than a ceiling.

It must never be used to select anyone for redundancy. The full limits are here.

Where to go next

This is the standard task list for the title. The useful next question is which of the tasks you actually do should go near AI, and which should not.

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Exposure ratings from Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs, Science 384, 1306–1308, 2024, used under the MIT licence. This page includes information from the O*NET Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. People Team AI has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Employment figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.