NOC 2021 · 94120 · TEER 4
Sawmill machine operators
Unit group 94120 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Sawmill machine operators operate, monitor and control automated lumbermill equipment to saw timber logs into rough lumber; saw, trim and plane rough lumber into dressed lumber of various sizes; and saw or split shingles and shakes. They are employed in sawmills and planing mills.
Example job titles
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- automatic edger operator - sawmill
- block splitter - sawmill
- board sawyer - sawmill
- bolt sawyer - sawmill
- bolterman/woman - sawmill
- canter operator - sawmill
- chip reclaim operator - sawmill
- Chip-N-Saw operator - sawmill
- circular saw operator
- circular saw operator - sawmill
- cut-off saw operator - sawmill
- drag saw operator - sawmill
- edger - sawmill
- edgerman/woman
- edgerman/woman - sawmill
- gang sawyer - sawmill
- head sawyer
- head sawyer - sawmill
- headrig operator - sawmill
- head-saw operator - sawmill
- high-speed stud operator - sawmill
- jumbo operator - sawmill
- log cut-off operator
- log cut-off operator - sawmill
- log cut-off sawyer - sawmill
- log gang saw operator - sawmill
- log gang sawyer - sawmill
- log haul cut-off saw operator - sawmill
- log hoist operator - sawmill
- lumber sizer operator - sawmill
- machine splitter - sawmill
- planer - sawmill
- planer mill machine operator
- planer operator
- planer operator - sawmill
- planerman/woman - sawmill
- resaw operator
- resaw operator - sawmill
- resawyer - sawmill
- ripsaw operator - sawmill
- saw operator - sawmill
- sawdust reclaim operator - sawmill
- sawing machine operator - sawmill
- sawmill machine operator
- sawyer - sawmill
- scrag-saw operator - sawmill
- shake maker
- shake sawyer
- shake sawyer - sawmill
- shake splitter
- shingle cutter
- shingle cutter - sawmill
- shingle maker
- shingle sawyer
- slab saw operator
- slasher operator - sawmill
- slasher saw operator - sawmill
- slasher trim operator - sawmill
- splitter - sawmill
- splitter operator - sawmill
- stave bolt saw operator
- stave bolt sawyer - sawmill
- tilt-hoist operator - sawmill
- timber cut-off sawyer - sawmill
- transfer operator - sawmill
- trim saw operator - sawmill
- trim sawyer - sawmill
- trimmer operator - sawmill
- trimmer tender - sawmill
- trimmerman/woman
- trimmerman/woman - sawmill
- trimming machine operator - sawmill
- trimming machine tender - sawmill
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.