Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters

People in this career often have these skills:

• Operations Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

People in this career often know a lot about:

• Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
• Building and Construction - Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
• Production and Processing - Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
• Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• Design - Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

People in this career often have talent in:

• Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• Finger Dexterity - The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.

• Multilimb Coordination - The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
• Trunk Strength - The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing.
• Visualization - The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.

People in this career often do these activities:

• Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
• Assemble wood products.
• Measure materials to mark reference points, cutting lines, or other indicators.
• Operate woodworking equipment.
• Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.

• Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.
• Estimate costs of products, services, or materials.
• Estimate material requirements for production.
• Attach decorative or functional accessories to products.
• Trim excess material from workpieces.
• Compare physical characteristics of materials or products to specifications or standards.
• Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.
• Shape surfaces or edges of wood workpieces.
• Drill holes in parts, equipment, or materials.
• Repair furniture or upholstery.
• Apply protective or decorative finishes to workpieces or products.
• Confer with customers or designers to determine order specifications.
• Design furniture.
• Operate computers or computerized equipment.
• Program equipment to perform production tasks.

• Patternmakers, Wood

• Machinists

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• Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood

• Model Makers, Metal and Plastic

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

• Printing Press Operators

• Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

• Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers

• Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic