9437 – Woodworking machine operators

Woodworking machine operators set up, program and operate one or more woodworking machines to fabricate or repair wooden parts for furniture, fixtures or other wood products. They are employed in furniture, fixture and other wood products manufacturing establishments.

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Adzing and boring machine operator

Automatic nailing machine operator – woodworking

Automatic shaper operator – woodworking

Band resaw operator – woodworking

Band ripsaw operator – woodworking

Band saw operator – woodworking

Band saw tender – woodworking

Band scroll saw operator – woodworking

Banding machine tender – woodworking

Band-sawing machine tender – woodworking

Barrel assembler

Barrel cooper – woodworking

Barrel end machine tender – woodworking

Barrel end sawyer

Barrel heading sawyer

Basket machine operator – woodworking

Belt sander – woodworking

Belt sander operator – woodworking

Bench machine operator – woodworking

Billiard cue maker

Borer – woodworking

Boring machine operator – woodworking

Bowl blank boring and finishing machine operator

Box blank repairer – woodworking

Briar-bowl turner – woodworking

Bucket chucker – woodworking

Bucket lathe operator

Carver operator – woodworking

Carving machine operator – woodworking

Cask maker

Chair leveler – woodworking

Chair seat planer tender

Chucking and boring machine operator – woodworking

Chucking machine operator – woodworking

Circular saw operator – woodworking

Clamping machine tender – woodworking

Clean-up sander – woodworking

Cleat notcher – woodworking

Cold press tender – woodworking

Computer numerically controlled (CNC) band saw operator

Computer numerically controlled (CNC) woodworking machine tool operator

Computerized panel saw tender

Computerized panel saw tender – woodworking

Contour sander operator – woodworking

Cooper header – woodworking

Cooper header operator – wood

Cooper operator – woodworking

Cooperage heading machine operator – woodworking

Cooperage heading sawyer

Cooperage setter-up – woodworking

Cooperage set-up man/woman – woodworking

Cooper’s head-saw operator – woodworking

Copy lathe tender

Corrugated fastener driver – woodworking

Crosscut saw operator – woodworking

Croze machine operator – woodworking

Custom cue maker and repairer

Custom cue maker and repairman/woman

Cut-off saw operator – woodworking

Cylinder saw tender – woodworking

Cylinder-sander feeder – woodworking

Dado operator – woodworking

Dado saw operator – woodworking

Defect trimmer – woodworking

Desk sander – woodworking

Detail shaper – woodworking

Dimension planer operator – woodworking

Disk cutter – wood products

Door-hang machine operator – woodworking

Dovetail machine operator – woodworking

Dowel machine operator – woodworking

Dowel machine set-up operator – woodworking

Dowel machine tender

Dowel pointer – woodworking

Dowelling machine operator – woodworking

Dowelling machine set-up operator – woodworking

Dowelling machine tender – woodworking

Dowel-making machine operator – woodworking

Dowel-making machine set-up operator – woodworking

Dowel-making machine tender – woodworking

Drill operator – woodworking

Drill press operator – woodworking

Drum sander – woodworking

Drum sander operator – woodworking

Edge bander – woodworking

Edge bander operator – woodworking

Electronic gluing machine tender – woodworking

Embosser – woodworking

Embossing machine operator – woodworking

Embossing machine tender – woodworking

End bore operator – woodworking

End trimming and boring machine operator – woodworking

End-boring machine operator – woodworking

Equalizer operator – woodworking

Facer operator – woodworking

Fastener-driver operator – woodworking

Finish planer operator – woodworking

Fluting machine operator – woodworking

Frame table operator – woodworking

Frazer – woodworking

Frazing machine operator – woodworking

Gang ripsaw operator – woodworking

Gang sawyer – woodworking

Glue jointer operator – woodworking

Glue machine operator – woodworking

Glue machine tender – woodworking

Glue-bonding machine operator – woodworking

Glue-bonding machine tender – woodworking

Groover – woodworking

Groover operator – woodworking

Grooving machine operator – woodworking

Gunstock checkerer

Gunstock fitter – woodworking

Gunstock shaper – woodworking

Hat block maker – woodworking

Hole saw tender – woodworking

Hoop-driver operator – woodworking

Hoop-driving machine operator – woodworking

Horizontal boring machine operator – woodworking

Horizontal resaw operator – woodworking

Hot press tender – woodworking

Hydraulic press tender – woodworking

Jigsaw operator – woodworking

Jointer – woodworking

Jointer operator – woodworking

Jointing machine operator – woodworking

Lacrosse stick bender – woodworking

Lacrosse stick gouger – woodworking

Lacrosse stick maker – woodworking

Lacrosse stick planer – woodworking

Lacrosse stick shaper – woodworking

Lag bolt machine tender – woodworking

Laminated bowl machine tender – woodworking

Laminating press tender – woodworking

Last remodeler – woodworking

Last repairman/woman – woodworking

Last trimmer – woodworking

Last turner

Last-lathe tender – woodworking

Lathe operator – woodworking

Lathe sander – woodworking

Lathe turner – woodworking

Lay-out marker – woodworking

Leveller operator – woodworking

Line and frame pole worker – wood products

Looping machine tender – wood products manufacturing

Machine carver – woodworking

Machine panel jointer – woodworking

Machine sander – woodworking

Mitre saw tender – woodworking

Mortiser operator – woodworking

Mortising machine operator – woodworking

Moulder – wood products manufacturing

Moulder – woodworking

Moulder operator – woodworking

Moulding cutter – wood products manufacturing

Moulding machine operator – woodworking

Nailing machine operator – woodworking

Notcher operator – woodworking

Notching saw operator – woodworking

Oar maker – woodworking

Oar shaper – woodworking

Overhead dado operator – woodworking

Packing trunk panel finisher – woodworking

Paddle maker – woodworking

Panel jointer machine tender – woodworking

Panel raiser operator – woodworking

Panel saw operator – woodworking

Pencil-grooving machine tender

Pencil-rounding machine tender

Pin maker – wood products manufacturing

Planer – woodworking

Planer feeder – woodworking

Planer operator – woodworking

Planer tender – woodworking

Plastic laminator – wood furniture manufacturing

Pole framer – wood products

Portable machine sander tender – woodworking

Portable sawer – woodworking

Power saw operator – woodworking

Profile shaper operator – woodworking

Radial-arm saw operator – woodworking

Resaw operator – woodworking

Rip and groove machine tender – woodworking

Ripsaw grader-operator – woodworking

Ripsaw matcher – woodworking

Ripsaw operator – woodworking

Rolling pin maker – woodworking

Rough mill operator – woodworking

Rough planer operator – woodworking

Router operator – woodworking

Saddle machine tender – woodworking

Salvage sawyer – woodworking

Sanding machine feeder – woodworking

Sash and door end matcher – woodworking

Saw operator – woodworking

Sawing machine operator – woodworking

Sawing machine tender – woodworking

Sawyer – woodworking

Scroll saw operator – woodworking

Shaper – wood products manufacturing

Shaper – woodworking

Shaper operator – woodworking

Shaver operator – woodworking

Shaver tender – woodworking

Shredder operator – woodworking

Shuttle finisher – woodworking

Shuttle maker – woodworking

Shuttle planer – woodworking

Shuttle shaper and tip inserter – woodworking

Slat picker – woodworking

Slat slicer – wood products

Small arms checkerer

Smoking pipe air hole driller

Smoking pipe burler – woodworking

Smoking pipe maker – woodworking

Smoking pipe sander

Smoking pipe sander – woodworking

Spindle carver operator – woodworking

Splitter – woodworking

Splitting machine operator cork

Squeezer tender – woodworking

Stave jointer – woodworking

Stave machine operator – woodworking

Stave sawyer – woodworking

Stitcher operator – woodworking

Stock cutter – woodworking

Stummel trimmer – woodworking

Stummel turner – woodworking

Surface planer operator – woodworking

Swing-type lathe operator – woodworking

Table top edger – woodworking

Table top laminator – woodworking

Tenoner operator – woodworking

Toothpick lathe operator

Toothpick-chopping machine tender

Treadle saw operator – woodworking

Trim saw operator – woodworking

Trimmer operator – woodworking

Trimming and boring machine operator – woodworking

Trimming machine operator – woodworking

Trunk panel finisher – woodworking

Turner – woodworking

Turning machine operator – woodworking

Turning sander tender – woodworking

Variety saw operator – woodworking

Veneer sander – woodworking

Vertical resaw operator – woodworking

Wobble saw operator – woodworking

Wood blank sawyer

Wood driller – woodworking

Wood lathe turner – woodworking

Wood products flarer

Wood products machine tender

Wood sander – woodworking

Wood saw operator – woodworking

Wood turner – woodworking

Wood turning lathe operator – woodworking

Wood-carving machine operator

Wooden barrel header – woodworking

Wooden barrel-header fitter – woodworking

Wooden stave turner – woodworking

Woodsawyer – woodworking

Wood-turning lathe operator – woodworking

Woodworking machine operator

Woodworking machine setter

Woodworking machine set-up operator

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

Set up, program and operate one or more computer numerically controlled (CNC) or manual woodworking machines such as saws, moulders, lathes, routers, planers, edgers, pressing machines, shapers, drills and sanders to fabricate or repair wooden parts for furniture, fixtures and other wood products

Operate gluing machines to glue pieces of wood together or press and affix wood veneer to wood surfaces

Operate preset special-purpose woodworking machines to fabricate wood products such as coat hangers, mop handles, clothes pins and other products

Read and interpret specifications or follow verbal instructions

May clean and lubricate equipment, and replace parts as necessary.

Employment requirements

Some secondary school education is usually required.

On-the-job training is usually provided.

Experience as a labourer in the same company may be required.

Additional information

Mobility is common among jobs in this unit group.

Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.

Exclusions

Cabinetmakers (7272)

Carpenters (7271)

Supervisors of woodworking machine operators (in 9224 Supervisors, furniture and fixtures manufacturing)