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Sawmill employee. By: Hunter Foster. Education/salary. Minimum education: high school diploma Starting out wage is between 17,000 and 20,000 dollars a year and around 11 dollars an hour A medium skilled worker would get 27,000 dollars a year and 13 dollars an hour.
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Sawmill employee By: Hunter Foster
Education/salary • Minimum education: high school diploma • Starting out wage is between 17,000 and 20,000 dollars a year and around 11 dollars an hour • A medium skilled worker would get 27,000 dollars a year and 13 dollars an hour. • An experienced worker would get between 25,000 and 40,000 dollars a year and about 16 dollars an hour. • The employees get paid in different ways and get more benefits depending if they work full time or part time
Job description • There are many of different jobs that can take place at a sawmill. • First there are the people that transform raw material in to lumber. • Second there are the people that plan out and make plans of what the boards are going to be cut into. • Then lastly there are the people that cut the boards in to shapes and designs to be put together into furniture and many other wooden things. • Depending on which one of these jobs you have is how much you get paid.
Job availability • In Wisconsin there is not a large availability of sawmill jobs • Regionally there is not a large availability either • Nationally I learned that this job is relatively available
Tools of the Trade • Saws are obviously necessary at a sawmill which are provided. • Safety glasses, ear protection, and head protection are provided sometimes but sometimes you have to get your own depending the business. • You might need a little bit of training for some positions but otherwise you learn on the go.
Agency contact information • De Leasky Brothers INC W2875 County Road D, Phillips, WI 54555 (715) 339-3449 BUTHCH Hall Logging W6956 Lowland Ln, Phillips, WI 54555 (715) 339-6894 Brown Trucking 3809 Pine Grove Dr, Rhinelander, WI 54501 http://browntrucking.com... (715) 282-6122
Citations • https://www.careercruising.com/Careers/JobDetails.aspx?LoginID=7ef40955-efc3-485e-9412-dbd7a93e8688-&OccNumber=350&field=PhotoFile