A professional who operates circular saw mounted on overhead radial arm to cut boards and other woodstock to specifications. Responsibilities include:

• Reads work order or receives instructions from supervisor.
• Turns crank to raise and lower saw to depth of cut.
• Turns hand nuts and rotates radial arm and saw arbor to set saw for angle and bevel cuts.
• Lays material on table and aligns cutting mark under saw blade.
• Starts saw and pushes or pulls rotating blade against workpiece to make cut.
• Sets and locks blade at right angles to radial arm and feeds material into saw to rip lumber.
• May replace saw blade with attachments to shape, rout, groove, mortise, or drill workpiece.