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

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

  • Stock Checker
  • 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

  • Determine product specifications and materials, work methods, and machine setup requirements, according to blueprints, oral or written instructions, drawings, or work orders.
  • Feed stock through feed mechanisms or conveyors into planing, shaping, boring, mortising, or sanding machines to produce desired components.
  • 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.
  • Start machines and move levers to engage hydraulic lifts that press woodstocks into desired forms and disengage lifts after appropriate drying times.

  • Feed materials or products into or through equipment.
  • Load materials into production equipment.
  • Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment.
  • Operate cranes, hoists, or other moving or lifting equipment.
  • Select production input materials.
  • Trim excess material from workpieces.