Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing vs Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers

Automation factors

• Set up, program, operate, or tend computerized or manual woodworking machines, such as drill presses, lathes, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, or wood-nailing machines.
• 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.
• Monitor operation of machines and make adjustments to correct problems and ensure conformance to specifications.
• Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
• Processing Information

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Automation factors

• Read and interpret schematic drawings, diagrams, blueprints, specifications, work orders, or reports to determine materials requirements or assembly instructions.
• Confer with supervisors or engineers to plan or review work activities or to resolve production problems.
• Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
• Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
• Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge

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