Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing

People in this career often have these skills:

• Operations Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

People in this career often have talent in:

• Reaction Time - The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.
• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• 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.
• Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

People in this career often do these activities:

• Operate woodworking equipment.
• Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
• Conduct test runs of production equipment.
• Monitor equipment operation to ensure that products are not flawed.
• Inspect lumber or raw woodstock.

• Set equipment controls to meet cutting specifications.
• Mount attachments or tools onto production equipment.
• Determine production equipment settings.
• Select production input materials.
• Feed materials or products into or through equipment.
• Maneuver workpieces in equipment during production.
• Select production equipment according to product specifications.
• Remove accessories, tools, or other parts from equipment.
• Replace worn equipment components.
• Load materials into production equipment.
• Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment.
• Mark products, workpieces, or equipment with identifying information.
• Stack finished items for further processing or shipment.
• Inspect production equipment.
• Clean work areas.
• Clean production equipment.
• Maintain production or processing equipment.
• Set equipment guides, stops, spacers, or other fixtures.
• Trim excess material from workpieces.
• Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.
• Program equipment to perform production tasks.
• Lubricate production equipment.
• Operate cranes, hoists, or other moving or lifting equipment.
• Sharpen cutting or grinding tools.

• Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood

• Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

• Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

• Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

• Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

• Print Binding and Finishing Workers

• Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

• Engine and Other Machine Assemblers

• Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

• Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic