Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
Also called:
Machine Operator, Sander Operator, Computer Numerical Control Operator (CNC Operator), Machinist
What they do:
Set up, operate, or tend woodworking machines, such as drill presses, lathes, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, and wood nailing machines. May operate CNC equipment.
On the job, you would:
- Start machines, adjust controls, and make trial cuts to ensure that machinery is operating properly.
- Determine product specifications and materials, work methods, and machine setup requirements, according to blueprints, oral or written instructions, drawings, or work orders.
- Feed stock through feed mechanisms or conveyors into planing, shaping, boring, mortising, or sanding machines to produce desired components.
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
- manufacture and distribution of products
Math and Science
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Engineering and Technology
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Basic Skills
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Technical
- watching guages, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working
- using equipment or systems
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Controlled Movement
- quickly change the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat
- change when and how fast you move based on how something else is moving
Hand and Finger Use
- hold or move items with your hands
- keep your arm or hand steady
Visual Understanding
- quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things
- see hidden patterns
Reaction Time and Speed
- quickly move your hand, finger, or foot based on a sound, light, picture or other command
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People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Self Control
- Independence
- Cooperation
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You might use software like this on the job:
Spreadsheet software
Word processing software
Time accounting software
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high school diploma
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are likely in the future.
$27,030
per year, on average
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