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Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Set up, operate, or tend wood sawing machines. May operate computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment. Includes lead sawyers.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Inspect and measure workpieces to mark for cuts and to verify the accuracy of cuts, using rulers, squares, or caliper rules.Mostly human for now
- 02Adjust saw blades, using wrenches and rulers, or by turning handwheels or pressing pedals, levers, or panel buttons.Mostly human for now
- 03Mount and bolt sawing blades or attachments to machine shafts.Mostly human for now
- 04Set 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.Mostly human for now
- 05Inspect stock for imperfections or to estimate grades or qualities of stock or workpieces.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Monitor sawing machines, adjusting speed and tension and clearing jams to ensure proper operation.Mostly human for now
- 07Sharpen blades, or replace defective or worn blades or bands, using hand tools.Mostly human for now
- 08Guide workpieces against saws, saw over workpieces by hand, or operate automatic feeding devices to guide cuts.Mostly human for now
- 09Clear machine jams, using hand tools.Mostly human for now
- 10Lubricate or clean machines, using wrenches, grease guns, or solvents.Mostly human for now
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job lossToo little dataNot enough work use was seen to measure. This does not mean the job is safe from AI.Anthropic, 2026
6%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 33% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 83% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- 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.