How do they match: Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing

  • Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing

  • Adzing and Boring Machine Operator
  • Chucking and Boring Machine Operator
  • Groover and Striper Operator
  • Pipe and Tank Fabricator
  • Plow and Boring Machine Tender
  • Smoking Pipe Driller and Threader
  • Tongue and Groove Machine Operator
  • Trimmer and Borer Machine Operator

  • Inspect and mark completed workpieces and stack them on pallets, in boxes, or on conveyors so that they can be moved to the next workstation.
  • Inspect pulleys, drive belts, guards, or fences on machines to ensure that machines will operate safely.
  • Adjust machine tables or cutting devices and set controls on machines to produce specified cuts or operations.
  • Change alignment and adjustment of sanding, cutting, or boring machine guides to prevent defects in finished products, using hand tools.
  • Determine product specifications and materials, work methods, and machine setup requirements, according to blueprints, oral or written instructions, drawings, or work orders.
  • Examine 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.
  • Examine raw woodstock for defects and to ensure conformity to size and other specification standards.
  • Monitor operation of machines and make adjustments to correct problems and ensure conformance to specifications.
  • Select knives, saws, blades, cutter heads, cams, bits, or belts, according to workpiece, machine functions, or product specifications.
  • Trim wood parts according to specifications, using planes, chisels, or wood files or sanders.

  • Inspect lumber or raw woodstock.
  • Inspect production equipment.
  • Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
  • Select production equipment according to product specifications.
  • Set equipment controls to meet cutting specifications.