Also called: Saw Doctor, Saw Fitter
Sharpens, straightens and repairs the giant band saws and circular saws used in sawmills.
In the filing room, you hammer and roll 40-foot band saw blades until they run perfectly true, then grind every tooth to a razor edge. A mill can't cut a single board without your blades, so you are one of the best-paid people in the building.
Estimated from industry postings; skilled filers are scarce.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Apprenticeship, about 3 years after high school. High-school diploma plus a multi-year apprenticeship at a mill.
Ways in: Apprenticeship, On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Saw Filing (apprenticeship).
Growing about average. No BLS projection; a rare skill with an aging workforce.
Low risk for 10 years. Sharpening and leveling giant mill saws is skilled hand-and-machine craft with few people trained to do it.
Classes: Shop class, Metals class.
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