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“Inletter” will almost certainly be replaced by robots.

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Job Description

Set up, operate, or tend woodworking machines, such as drill presses, lathes, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, and wood nailing machines. May operate CNC equipment.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-7042.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 29,850.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 14.00
Currently, there are 76,130 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Inletter”

Change alignment and adjustment of sanding, cutting, or boring machine guides to prevent defects in finished products, using hand tools.
Set up, program, or control computer-aided design (CAD) or computer numerical control (CNC) machines.
Unclamp workpieces and remove them from machines.
Clean or maintain products, machines, or work areas.
Remove and replace worn parts, bits, belts, sandpaper, or shaping tools.
Start machines, adjust controls, and make trial cuts to ensure that machinery is operating properly.
Push or hold workpieces against, under, or through cutting, boring, or shaping mechanisms.
Examine raw woodstock for defects and to ensure conformity to size and other specification standards.
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.
Determine product specifications and materials, work methods, and machine setup requirements, according to blueprints, oral or written instructions, drawings, or work orders.
Operate gluing machines to glue pieces of wood together, or to press and affix wood veneer to wood surfaces.
Sharpen knives, bits, or other cutting or shaping tools.
Install and adjust blades, cutterheads, boring-bits, or sanding-belts, using hand tools and rules.
Attach and adjust guides, stops, clamps, chucks, or feed mechanisms, using hand tools.
Set up, program, operate, or tend computerized or manual woodworking machines, such as drill presses, lathes, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, or wood-nailing machines.
Inspect pulleys, drive belts, guards, or fences on machines to ensure that machines will operate safely.
Control hoists to remove parts or products from work stations.
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.
Monitor operation of machines and make adjustments to correct problems and ensure conformance to specifications.
Grease or oil woodworking 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.
Feed stock through feed mechanisms or conveyors into planing, shaping, boring, mortising, or sanding machines to produce desired components.
Select knives, saws, blades, cutter heads, cams, bits, or belts, according to workpiece, machine functions, or product specifications.
Adjust machine tables or cutting devices and set controls on machines to produce specified cuts or operations.
Trim wood parts according to specifications, using planes, chisels, or wood files or sanders.
Start machines and move levers to engage hydraulic lifts that press woodstocks into desired forms and disengage lifts after appropriate drying times.

Related Technology & Tools

Computer terminals
Wood files
Holding clamps
Nailing machines
Shapers
Biscuit jointers
Edge sanders
Hydraulic hot presses
Adjustable hand wrenches
Handsaws
Tenoners
Grease guns
Double end tenoners
Profile grinders
Line boring machines
Digital calipers
Dial calipers
Layout templates
Spindle shapers
Computerized numerical control CNC boring machines
Dividers
Protractors
Lathes
Automatic panel saws
Random orbital sanders
Conveyor feeders
Desktop computers
Planing machines
Safety glasses
Protective ear muffs
Boring bars
Claw hammers
Paint application brushes
Precision rulers
Safety gloves
Power routers
Holding jigs
Vernier calipers
Boring machines
Turning lathes
Shaping machines
Drill presses
Combination squares
Hand lathes
Wide belt sanders
Machining centers
Spray guns
Planers
Screw pocket machines
Height gauges
Case clamps
Pneumatic sanding machines
Bench grinders
Woodworking chisels
Power sanders

Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
Timekeeping software
Microsoft Windows
Inventory control software
Computerized numerical control CNC software