The Collar360

Crosscut saw operator

Other names

crosscut sawyer, cross-cut saw technician, cross-cut sawyer, crosscut saw technician, cross-cut saw specialist, crosscut saw worker, crosscut saw specialist, cross-cut saw operator

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They cut down trees with a hand saw, then take off the branches and cut the trunks into logs.

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The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Saw back-cuts, leaving sufficient sound wood to control direction of fall.

  2. 2

    Control the direction of a tree's fall by scoring cutting lines with axes, sawing undercuts along scored lines with chainsaws, knocking slabs from cuts with single-bit axes, and driving wedges.

  3. 3

    Stop saw engines, pull cutting bars from cuts, and run to safety as tree falls.

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Sources

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

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In other languages

français
scieur bois/scieuse bois
español
operador de sierra tronzadora/operadora de sierra tronzadora
العربية
مشغل منشار يدوي / مشغلة منشار يدوي
português
Operador de serras ziguezague/Operadora de serras ziguezague
Deutsch
Schrotsägenführer/Schrotsägenführerin
italiano
operatore di motosega da depezzatura/operatrice di motosega da depezzatura

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