A professional who operates multiple-blade sawing machine to straighten edges of rough lumber and cut lumber into boards of prescribed widths. Responsibilities include:

• Starts machine.
• Lays rough board on edger table and spaces saw blades so that board of highest quality will be cut from rough board.
• Adjusts power-feeding mechanism to thickness of board.
• Pushes board into feed rollers which force board between saws that straighten edges of board.
• May replace dull saw blades.