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

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  • Start machines and move levers to engage hydraulic lifts that press woodstocks into desired forms and disengage lifts after appropriate drying times.
  • Start machines, adjust controls, and make trial cuts to ensure that machinery is operating properly.
  • Select knives, saws, blades, cutter heads, cams, bits, or belts, according to workpiece, machine functions, or product specifications.
  • Set up, program, operate, or tend computerized or manual woodworking machines, such as drill presses, lathes, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, or wood-nailing machines.
  • Set up, program, or control computer-aided design (CAD) or computer numerical control (CNC) machines.

  • Program equipment to perform production tasks.