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Sawmill Machine Operators

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  • Job description
  • Advancement and mobility
  • Hourly wage
  • Job prospects for 2021-2025
  • Sectors of activity
  • Training and requirements
  • Main skills and characteristics
  • Personality profiles (RIASEC)
  • Additional information

Job description

These individuals operate, monitor, and control sawmill equipment. They cut, saw, and split lumber and shingles. They are employed in sawmills and processing plants.

Environment

  • Controlled ambient temperature
  • Equipment, machinery, tools
  • Nontoxic dust
  • Noise
  • Falling objects

Main tasks

  • Operate loaders and cranes that feed logs into sawmills.
  • Determine dimensions, condition, and quality of logs and rough lumber.
  • Start up conveyors, adjust sawing equipment, and replace saw blades or bands.
  • Sort and stack lumber according to length and thickness.
  • Carry wood piles.
  • Monitor the movement of lumber and ensure that the wood is cut as required.
  • Prepare production reports.
  • Clean and lubricate sawmill equipment.

Advancement and mobility

  • There is some mobility between jobs in this group.
  • Experience leads to supervisory positions.

Hourly wage

The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2019 to 2021.
Minimum
$17.00
Median
$21.25
Maximum
$27.13

Job prospects for 2021-2025

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Job prospects for 2021-2025

Job prospects

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Good

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available

Total jobs for 2020

All of Québec

3,000

All of Québec

na

Gender distribution

All of Québec

Not available.
4% Female
96% Male

Not available.
  • 4% Female
  • 96% Male

Job types

All of Québec

Not available.
Full time
Part time

Not available.
  • Full time
  • Part time

Yearly wage on 2015

All of Québec

$41,000

All of Québec

Other characteristics

All of Québec

  • Non traditional for women
  • None

All of Québec

  • Non traditional for women
  • None

Sectors of activity

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Wood Product Manufacturing
    NAICS 321
    58% of jobs
  2. Business, building and other support services
    NAICS 55, 56
    17% of jobs
  3. Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
    NAICS 332
    3% of jobs
  4. Forestry and Logging
    NAICS 113, 1153
    3% of jobs
  5. Public Administration
    NAICS 91
    3% of jobs
  6. Others
    16% of jobs

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Wood Product Manufacturing
    NAICS 321
    58% of jobs
  2. Business, building and other support services
    NAICS 55, 56
    17% of jobs
  3. Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
    NAICS 332
    3% of jobs
  4. Forestry and Logging
    NAICS 113, 1153
    3% of jobs
  5. Public Administration
    NAICS 91
    3% of jobs
  6. Others
    16% of jobs