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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.
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Currently Employed:
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Projected Annual Job Openings:
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Typical Hourly Wage:
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Typical Annual Salary:
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typical training
Typical education needed for entry:
High school diploma or equivalent
Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation:
No work experience
Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation:
1 to 12 months on-the-job training
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typical job duties
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Set up, program, operate, or tend computerized or manual woodworking machines, such as drill presses, lathes, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, or wood-nailing machines.
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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.
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Start machines, adjust controls, and make trial cuts to ensure that machinery is operating properly.
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Monitor operation of machines and make adjustments to correct problems and ensure conformance to specifications.
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Examine raw woodstock for defects and to ensure conformity to size and other specification standards.
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Adjust machine tables or cutting devices and set controls on machines to produce specified cuts or operations.
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Install and adjust blades, cutterheads, boring-bits, or sanding-belts, using hand tools and rules.
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Change alignment and adjustment of sanding, cutting, or boring machine guides to prevent defects in finished products, using hand tools.
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Determine product specifications and materials, work methods, and machine setup requirements, according to blueprints, oral or written instructions, drawings, or work orders.
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Feed stock through feed mechanisms or conveyors into planing, shaping, boring, mortising, or sanding machines to produce desired components.
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tools & technology
Tools:
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Boring machines
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Calipers
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Cutting machines
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Planes
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Planing machines
Technology:
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Computer aided design CAD software
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Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
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Graphics or photo imaging software
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Operating system software
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Word processing software
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