Woodworking Machine Operators
Job description
These individuals set up, program, and operate machines that make or repair wooden parts. They are employed by wood product manufacturers (furniture, accessories, etc.).
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Hazardous chemical
- Odours
- Nontoxic dust
- Noise
- Falling objects
Main tasks
- Glue pieces of wood.
- Press wood veneers on wooden surfaces.
- Operate machines that make wooden articles.
- Read and interpret specifications or follow verbal instructions.
- Clean and lubricate equipment and replace parts, as required.
Advancement and mobility
- There is much mobility within this group.
- Experience leads to supervisory positions.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2020 to 2022.- Minimum
- $15.50
- Median
- $19.10
- Maximum
- $26.00
Job prospects for 2023-2027
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Job prospects for 2023-2027
Job prospects
All of Québec
All of Québec
Total jobs for 2022
All of Québec
All of Québec
Gender distribution
All of Québec
- 17% Female
- 83% Male
- 17% Female
- 83% Male
Job types
All of Québec
- Full time
- Part time
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
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NAICS 32143% of jobs
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NAICS 33730% of jobs
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NAICS 113, 11534% of jobs
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NAICS 233% of jobs
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NAICS 3393% of jobs
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Others17% of jobs
All of Québec
-
NAICS 32143% of jobs
-
NAICS 33730% of jobs
-
NAICS 113, 11534% of jobs
-
NAICS 233% of jobs
-
NAICS 3393% of jobs
-
Others17% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Secondary
DVS in opération d'équipements de production
Placement rate: 80.4%
13.3% of graduates pursue further studies
DVS in production Equipment Operation
Placement rate: 41.4%
58.6% of graduates pursue further studies
Sometimes required
- Experience as a Labourer within the same company may be required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Monitoring operations
- Data collection
- Operations and control
- Quality control analysis
- Result evaluation
- Information processing
- Troubleshooting
- Equipment maintenance
- Oral expression
- Critical thought
Abilities
- Reaction time
- Near vision
- Manual dexterity
- Control accuracy
- Oral comprehension
- Limb coordination
- Core strength
- Static muscle power
- Awareness of issues
- Auditory attention
- Selective attention
- Digital dexterity
- Perception speed
- Hand-arm stability
- Distance vision
- Visualization
- Classification
- Speed control
- Dynamic strength
- Verbal skills
- Information organization
- Deductive reasoning
- Speech recognition
- Physical flexibility in extension
- Processing flexibility
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to work under pressure
- Focussed on results
- Autonomy
- Capacity to work in a team
- Knowledge of production and treatment
- Versatility
- Attention to detail
- Assiduity and punctuality
- Commitment to quality
- Tolerance to routine work
Interests
- Make, build, install
- Work manually
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
Official name of the NOC 94124
Woodworking machine operators
Job titles
- Shaper - wood products manufacturing
- Bench machine operator - woodworking
- Profile shaper operator - woodworking
- Dimension planer operator - woodworking
- Saw operator - woodworking
- Gunstock fitter - woodworking
- Wooden barrel-header fitter - woodworking
- Wooden barrel header - woodworking
- Cooper header - woodworking
- Cooperage set-up man/woman - woodworking
- Ripsaw matcher - woodworking
- Sash and door end matcher - woodworking
- Edge bander - woodworking
- Defect trimmer - woodworking
- Moulding cutter - wood products manufacturing
- Disk cutter - wood products
- Splitter - woodworking
- Stock cutter - woodworking
- Barrel end sawyer
- Cooperage heading sawyer
- Last trimmer - woodworking
- Custom cue maker and repairer
- Lacrosse stick maker - woodworking
- Pin maker - wood products manufacturing
- Hat block maker - woodworking
- Shuttle maker - woodworking
- Paddle maker - woodworking
- Billiard cue maker
- Oar maker - woodworking
- Rolling pin maker - woodworking
- Shaper - woodworking
- Lacrosse stick shaper - woodworking
- Gunstock shaper - woodworking
- Detail shaper - woodworking
- Oar shaper - woodworking
- Lathe turner - woodworking
- Wood lathe turner - woodworking
- Table top edger - woodworking
- Shuttle finisher - woodworking
- Packing trunk panel finisher - woodworking
- Frazer - woodworking
- Dowel pointer - woodworking
- Stummel trimmer - woodworking
- Embosser - woodworking
- Smoking pipe burler - woodworking
- Jointer - woodworking
- Stave jointer - woodworking
- Machine panel jointer - woodworking
- Table top laminator - woodworking
- Plastic laminator - wood furniture manufacturing
- Bucket chucker - woodworking
- Moulder - wood products manufacturing
- Moulder - woodworking
- Shuttle shaper and tip inserter - woodworking
- Chair leveler - woodworking
- Stitcher operator - woodworking
- Edge bander operator - woodworking
- Groover operator - woodworking
- Hoop-driver operator - woodworking
- Nailing machine operator - woodworking
- Automatic nailing machine operator - woodworking
- Glue machine operator - woodworking
- Shredder operator - woodworking
- Router operator - woodworking
- Facer operator - woodworking
- Finish planer operator - woodworking
- Glue jointer operator - woodworking
- Trimming and boring machine operator - woodworking
- End trimming and boring machine operator - woodworking
- Shaper operator - woodworking
- Automatic shaper operator - woodworking
- Panel raiser operator - woodworking
- Splitting machine operator cork
- Frazing machine operator - woodworking
- Cooper's head-saw operator - woodworking
- Croze machine operator - woodworking
- Cooper header operator - wood
- Woodworking machine operator
- Frame table operator - woodworking
- Grooving machine operator - woodworking
- Fluting machine operator - woodworking
- Dowelling machine operator - woodworking
- Sawing machine operator - woodworking
- Fastener-driver operator - woodworking
- Adzing and boring machine operator
- Basket machine operator - woodworking
- Stave machine operator - woodworking
- Dowel machine operator - woodworking
- Embossing machine operator - woodworking
- Jointing machine operator - woodworking
- Door-hang machine operator - woodworking
- Moulder operator - woodworking
- Boring machine operator - woodworking
- Dovetail machine operator - woodworking
- Planer operator - woodworking
- Carver operator - woodworking
- Wood-carving machine operator
- Computer numerically controlled (cnc) woodworking machine tool operator
- Chucking machine operator - woodworking
- Chucking and boring machine operator - woodworking
- Mortiser operator - woodworking
- Drill operator - woodworking
- Drill press operator - woodworking
- End bore operator - woodworking
- Horizontal boring machine operator - woodworking
- Bowl blank boring and finishing machine operator
- Leveller operator - woodworking
- Belt sander - woodworking
- Contour sander operator - woodworking
- Drum sander operator - woodworking
- Cut-off saw operator - woodworking
- Wood saw operator - woodworking
- Radial-arm saw operator - woodworking
- Scroll saw operator - woodworking
- Jigsaw operator - woodworking
- Resaw operator - woodworking
- Vertical resaw operator - woodworking
- Equalizer operator - woodworking
- Panel saw operator - woodworking
- Dado operator - woodworking
- Overhead dado operator - woodworking
- Horizontal resaw operator - woodworking
- Band saw operator - woodworking
- Band scroll saw operator - woodworking
- Computer numerically controlled (cnc) band saw operator
- Band resaw operator - woodworking
- Crosscut saw operator - woodworking
- Circular saw operator - woodworking
- Variety saw operator - woodworking
- Notcher operator - woodworking
- Wobble saw operator - woodworking
- Power saw operator - woodworking
- Gang ripsaw operator - woodworking
- Trim saw operator - woodworking
- Tenoner operator - woodworking
- Spindle carver operator - woodworking
- Lathe operator - woodworking
- Wood turning lathe operator - woodworking
- Toothpick lathe operator
- Wood-turning lathe operator - woodworking
- Bucket lathe operator
- Swing-type lathe operator - woodworking
- Rough mill operator - woodworking
- Treadle saw operator - woodworking
- Clamping machine tender - woodworking
- Cleat notcher - woodworking
- Wood products flarer
- Banding machine tender - woodworking
- Glue machine tender - woodworking
- Laminating press tender - woodworking
- Pencil-rounding machine tender
- Laminated bowl machine tender - woodworking
- Looping machine tender - wood products manufacturing
- Dowelling machine tender - woodworking
- Toothpick-chopping machine tender
- Corrugated fastener driver - woodworking
- Wood products machine tender
- Dowel machine tender
- Saddle machine tender - woodworking
- Embossing machine tender - woodworking
- Panel jointer machine tender - woodworking
- Lag bolt machine tender - woodworking
- Squeezer tender - woodworking
- Barrel end machine tender - woodworking
- Rip and groove machine tender - woodworking
- Sawing machine tender - woodworking
- Band-sawing machine tender - woodworking
- Electronic gluing machine tender - woodworking
- Portable machine sander tender - woodworking
- Turning sander tender - woodworking
- Pole framer - wood products
- Line and frame pole worker - wood products
- Hot press tender - woodworking
- Cold press tender - woodworking
- Hydraulic press tender - woodworking
- Planer tender - woodworking
- Chair seat planer tender
- Pencil-grooving machine tender
- Slat picker - woodworking
- Mitre saw tender - woodworking
- Band saw tender - woodworking
- Hole saw tender - woodworking
- Computerized panel saw tender
- Cylinder saw tender - woodworking
- Portable sawer - woodworking
- Lacrosse stick bender - woodworking
- Lacrosse stick gouger - woodworking
- Small arms checkerer
- Gunstock checkerer
- Groover - woodworking
- Last remodeler - woodworking
- Copy lathe tender
- Last-lathe tender - woodworking
- Borer - woodworking
- Wood driller - woodworking
- Smoking pipe air hole driller
- Smoking pipe maker - woodworking
- Clean-up sander - woodworking
- Machine sander - woodworking
- Drum sander - woodworking
- Lathe sander - woodworking
- Wood sander - woodworking
- Desk sander - woodworking
- Smoking pipe sander
- Veneer sander - woodworking
- Planer - woodworking
- Lacrosse stick planer - woodworking
- Shuttle planer - woodworking
- Woodworking machine set-up operator
- Dowelling machine set-up operator - woodworking
- Dowel machine set-up operator - woodworking
- Woodworking machine setter
- Box blank repairer - woodworking
- Last repairman/woman - woodworking
- Ripsaw grader-operator - woodworking
- Sawyer - woodworking
- Gang sawyer - woodworking
- Wood blank sawyer
- Woodsawyer - woodworking
- Salvage sawyer - woodworking
- Stave sawyer - woodworking
- Machine carver - woodworking
- Sanding machine feeder - woodworking
- Cylinder-sander feeder - woodworking
- Planer feeder - woodworking
- Barrel cooper - woodworking
- Barrel assembler
- Turner - woodworking
- Wood turner - woodworking
- Wooden stave turner - woodworking
- Last turner
- Briar-bowl turner - woodworking
- Stummel turner - woodworking
- Lay-out marker - woodworking
- Slat slicer - wood products
Skill type
Manufacturing and utilities
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Last update: February 14, 2024