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GANG SAWYER [1 record]

Record 1 2020-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Construction Site Equipment
CONT

Gang sawyer - Operates gangsaw or sash-gangsaw to cut lumber from cants: Moves hand and foot levers to shift cants from chain conveyor table to live rolls and align cants with saws. Starts machine and turns handwheels to adjust feed and tension rollers and speed of machine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
  • Matériel de chantier
Key term(s)
  • opérateur de scie multi-lames
  • opératrice de scie multi-lames
  • scieur à la scie multi-lames
  • scieuse à la scie multi-lames

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Instalaciones y equipo (Industria maderera)
  • Equipos de construcción
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