Woodworking-machine tool setters and operators

Woodworking machine tool setters and operators set-up or operate and monitor automatic or semi-automatic woodworking machines, such as precision sawing, shaping, planning, boring, turning and woodcarving machines to fabricate or repair wooden parts for furniture, fixtures and other wooden products.

Skill level: Semi-skilled

Check your pay

  • The majority of Woodworking-machine tool setters and operators earn a salary between R3 964 and R13 914 per month in 2024.
  • A monthly wage for entry-level Woodworking-machine tool setters and operators ranges from R3 964 to R7 875.
  • After gaining 5 years of work experience, their income will be between R4 994 and R10 402 per month.

Duties and tasks

  • Setting-up, programming, operating and monitoring several types of woodworking machines for sawing, shaping, boring, drilling, planing, pressing, turning, sanding or carving to fabricate or repair wooden parts for furniture, fixtures and other wooden products
  • Operating preset special-purpose woodworking machines to fabricate wooden products such as coat hangers, mop handles, clothes pins and other products
  • Selecting knives, saws, blades, cutterheads, cams, bits or belts according to workpiece, machine functions and product specifications
  • Installing and adjusting blades, cutter heads, boring-bits and sanding-belts, and using hand tools and rules
  • Setting and adjusting various kinds of woodworking machines for operation by others
  • Reading and interpreting specifications or following verbal instructions

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