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

  • Adjust machine tables or cutting devices and set controls on machines to produce specified cuts or operations.
  • 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.

  • 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.