Draft:Wood splitter

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Wood splitter

Collection of French court fashions: Le Fendeur de Bois (17th century)
Occupation
Synonyms	Merrandier, Fendeur/Fendeuse de merrains.
Activity sectors	Woodworking
Description
Competencies	Good knowledge of wood, manual dexterity, endurance
Education required	CAP/BEP in woodworking industries, apprenticeship
Related jobs	Joiner, lumberjack, cooper.

A wood splitter, formerly known as a “merrandier”, and nowadays as a “fendeur de merrains” or “merrains splitter”, is a woodworking professional whose activity consists of splitting - not sawing - segments of hardwood trunks (mainly oak), called logs, lengthwise, and working them into staves for cooperage. It's an age-old craft that has kept pace with the evolution of techniques over the ages, and in 21st-century France it represents a skilled job in a very active economic sector.