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Will AI replace Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing?
O*NET occupation 51-7042.00
Set up, operate, or tend woodworking machines, such as drill presses, lathes, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, and wood nailing machines. May operate computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment.
O*NET alternate job titles
- Line Tender
- Woodworking Machine Setter
- Sanding Machine Operator or Tender
- Knot Saw Operator
- Machine Setter
- Machine Operator
- Lap Machine Operator
- Stave Machine Tender
Example core tasks from the O*NET database
- 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.
- Start machines, adjust controls, and make trial cuts to ensure that machinery is operating properly.
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