Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing

A typical week, in the words of people in the job

1. 01Start machines and move levers to engage hydraulic lifts that press woodstocks into desired forms and disengage lifts after appropriate drying times.
2. 02Secure woodstock against a guide or in a holding device, place woodstock on a conveyor, or dump woodstock in a hopper to feed woodstock into machines.
3. 03Start machines, adjust controls, and make trial cuts to ensure that machinery is operating properly.
4. 04Inspect pulleys, drive belts, guards, or fences on machines to ensure that machines will operate safely.
5. 05Trim wood parts according to specifications, using planes, chisels, or wood files or sanders.
6. 06Install and adjust blades, cutterheads, boring-bits, or sanding-belts, using hand tools and rules.
7. 07Set up, program, or control computer-aided design (CAD) or computer numerical control (CNC) machines.
8. 08Feed stock through feed mechanisms or conveyors into planing, shaping, boring, mortising, or sanding machines to produce desired components.
9. 09Unclamp workpieces and remove them from machines.
10. 10Remove and replace worn parts, bits, belts, sandpaper, or shaping tools.
11. 11Monitor operation of machines and make adjustments to correct problems and ensure conformance to specifications.
12. 12Control hoists to remove parts or products from work stations.

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