| Top Tasks (Specific duties and responsibilities of this job.) |
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| Start machines, adjust controls, and make trial cuts to ensure that machinery is operating properly. |
| Determine product specifications and materials, work methods, and machine setup requirements, according to blueprints, oral or written instructions, drawings, or work orders. |
| Feed stock through feed mechanisms or conveyors into planing, shaping, boring, mortising, or sanding machines to produce desired components. |
| Adjust machine tables or cutting devices and set controls on machines to produce specified cuts or operations. |
| Set up, program, operate, or tend computerized or manual woodworking machines, such as drill presses, lathes, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, or wood-nailing machines. |
| Monitor operation of machines and make adjustments to correct problems and ensure conformance to specifications. |
| Select knives, saws, blades, cutter heads, cams, bits, or belts, according to workpiece, machine functions, or product specifications. |
| 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. |
| Install and adjust blades, cutterheads, boring-bits, or sanding-belts, using hand tools and rules. |
| Inspect and mark completed workpieces and stack them on pallets, in boxes, or on conveyors so that they can be moved to the next workstation. |
| Top Skills used in this Job |
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| Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
| Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
| Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
| Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
| Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
| Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
| Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
| Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
| Troubleshooting - Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
| Repairing - Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
