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Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing

SOC 51-7042.00

Set up, operate, or tend woodworking machines, such as drill presses, lathes, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, and wood nailing machines. May operate CNC equipment.

Zone 2 Production

Skills

Knowledge

Job Zone

Green

Top Skills 8

Operation Monitoring

3.6

Operation and Control

3.5

Quality Control Analysis

3.2

Monitoring

3.1

Speaking

3.0

Critical Thinking

3.0

Equipment Maintenance

3.0

Troubleshooting

3.0

Knowledge Areas 8

Mechanical

3.3

Production and Processing

3.0

Mathematics

2.9

Public Safety and Security

2.5

Building and Construction

2.4

Education and Training

2.4

Design

2.3

English Language

2.3

Key Tasks

1Set up, program, operate, or tend computerized or manual woodworking machines, such as drill presses, lathes, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, or wood-nailing machines.

2Examine finished workpieces for smoothness, shape, angle, depth-of-cut, or conformity to specifications and verify dimensions, visually and using hands, rules, calipers, templates, or gauges.

3Start machines, adjust controls, and make trial cuts to ensure that machinery is operating properly.

4Monitor operation of machines and make adjustments to correct problems and ensure conformance to specifications.

5Examine raw woodstock for defects and to ensure conformity to size and other specification standards.

Also Known As

Adzing and Boring Machine Operator Artificial Log Machine Operator Automatic Clipper Automatic Nailing Machine Operator Automatic Profile Shaper Operator Balloon Sander Band Nailer Bander Barker Operator Barrel Builder