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., Monitor operation of machines and make adjustments to correct problems and ensure conformance to specifications., 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., 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., Remove and replace worn parts, bits, belts, sandpaper, or shaping tools., Secure 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., Clean or maintain products, machines, or work areas., Attach and adjust guides, stops, clamps, chucks, or feed mechanisms, using hand tools., Examine raw woodstock for defects and to ensure conformity to size and other specification standards., Grease or oil woodworking machines.
6 months
Ability to operate various machinery, read technical drawings, and perform basic math., Must be able to perform physically demanding tasks, including standing for long periods and manual handling of materials., Crucial for inspecting wood quality, measuring accurately, and adjusting equipment to specifications. , Ability to troubleshoot equipment that is not functioning properly.
High School