Will “Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

97% Chance of Automation

“Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing” will almost certainly be replaced by robots.

This job is ranked #645 out of #702. A higher ranking (i.e., a lower number) means the job is less likely to be replaced.

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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

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing”

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

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