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

  • Trimmer and Borer Machine Operator
  • Trimming Machine Set-Up Operator
  • Briar Cutter
  • Double End Trimmer
  • Flake Cutter Operator
  • Last Trimmer
  • Molding Cutter
  • Rafter Cutting Machine Operator
  • Sanding Machine Operator or Tender

  • Trim wood parts according to specifications, using planes, chisels, or wood files or sanders.
  • 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.
  • Install and adjust blades, cutterheads, boring-bits, or sanding-belts, using hand tools and rules.
  • Push or hold workpieces against, under, or through cutting, boring, or shaping mechanisms.
  • Select knives, saws, blades, cutter heads, cams, bits, or belts, according to workpiece, machine functions, or product specifications.
  • Sharpen knives, bits, or other cutting or shaping tools.
  • Start machines, adjust controls, and make trial cuts to ensure that machinery is operating properly.

  • Trim excess material from workpieces.
  • Feed materials or products into or through equipment.
  • Load materials into production equipment.
  • Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment.
  • Select production input materials.
  • Set equipment controls to meet cutting specifications.
  • Sharpen cutting or grinding tools.