Manufacturing and utilities

Sawyer - woodworking

Saanichton, British Columbia · posted 2026-09-14

$23.00 to $28.00 hourly (to be negotiated)

Pay is about the B.C. median for this work ($25.00 an hour; Job Bank, 2023–2024)

What the posting asks for

  • 1 to 2 years' experience
  • High school
  • English

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Hours and terms

  • 40 hours a week
  • Shifts: early mornings, mornings, days, evenings, shifts
  • Full time, Permanent employment
  • In person

Usually needed for this kind of work

  • Some secondary school education is usually required.
  • On-the-job training is usually provided.
  • Experience as a labourer in the same company may be required.

From Canada's occupation guide (OaSIS) for Woodworking machine operators (NOC 94124). It describes this kind of work in general, not this employer's ad.

What this work usually involves

  • Set up, program and operate one or more computer numerically controlled (CNC) or manual woodworking machines such as saws, moulders, lathes, routers, planers, edgers, pressing machines, shapers, drills and sanders to fabricate or repair wooden parts for furniture, fixtures and other wood products
  • Operate gluing machines to glue pieces of wood together or press and affix wood veneer to wood surfaces
  • Operate preset special-purpose woodworking machines to fabricate wood products such as coat hangers, mop handles, clothes pins and other products
  • Read and interpret specifications or follow verbal instructions
  • May clean and lubricate equipment, and replace parts as necessary.

About the employer

  • Industry: Manufacturing
  • Region: Vancouver Island and Coast Region

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