Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders set up, operate, or tend woodworking machines, such as drill presses, lathes, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, and wood nailing machines.
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- Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Manufacturing
What do they typically do
- Operate or tend computerized or manual woodworking machines
- Start machines, adjust controls, and make trial cuts to ensure that machinery is operating properly
- Use hand tools to change alignment and adjustment of sanding, cutting, or boring machine guides to prevent defects in finished products
- Adjust machine tables or cutting devices, and set controls on machines to produce specified cuts or operations
- Select knives, saws, blades, cutter heads, cams, bits, or belts according to workpiece, machine functions, or product specifications
- Feed stock through feed mechanisms or conveyors into planing, shaping, boring, mortising, or sanding machines to produce desired components
- Monitor operation of machines and make adjustments to correct problems and ensure conformance to specifications
- Inspect pulleys, drive belts, guards, or fences on machines to make sure that machines will operate safely
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Job Growth +0.6%
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- Education These occupations usually require a high school diploma.Associated Programs or MajorsLicense
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