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

  • Automatic Clipper
  • Automatic Nailing Machine Operator
  • Automatic Profile Shaper Operator
  • Computer Numerical Control Operator
  • Computer Numerical Control Wood Lathe Operator
  • Computer Numerically Controlled Wood Lathe Operator

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

  • Control hoists to remove parts or products from work stations.
  • Adjust machine tables or cutting devices and set controls on machines to produce specified cuts or operations.
  • Set up, program, or control computer-aided design (CAD) or computer numerical control (CNC) machines.
  • Start machines, adjust controls, and make trial cuts to ensure that machinery is operating properly.

  • Set equipment controls to meet cutting specifications.