A professional who tends stave (hollow cylinder) saw that cuts barrel, keg, tub, and bucket staves from stave bolts. Responsibilities include:

• Adjusts guides to attain specified thickness of stave.
• Lays bolt on carriage and holds bolt against guides.
• Depresses pedal to start carriage that feeds bolt into stave saw to cut rough staves.
• Releases pedal to stop carriage and removes stave.
• Repeats process to produce required number of staves.