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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Cut, shape, and assemble wooden articles or set up and operate a variety of woodworking machines, such as power saws, jointers, and mortisers to surface, cut, or shape lumber or to fabricate parts for wood products. | Produce and assemble components of articles such as store fixtures, office equipment, cabinets, and high-grade furniture. | |||
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Verify dimensions, and check the quality and fit of pieces in order to ensure adherence to specifications. | ||||
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Set up and operate machines, including power saws, jointers, mortisers, tenoners, molders, and shapers, to cut, mold, and shape woodstock and wood substitutes. | ||||
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Measure and mark dimensions of parts on paper or lumber stock prior to cutting, following blueprints, to ensure a tight fit and quality product. | ||||
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Reinforce joints with nails or other fasteners to prepare articles for finishing. | ||||
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Attach parts and subassemblies together to form completed units, using glue, dowels, nails, screws, and/or clamps. | ||||
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Establish the specifications of articles to be constructed or repaired, and plan the methods and operations for shaping and assembling parts, based on blueprints, drawings, diagrams, or oral or written instructions. | ||||
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Cut timber to the right size and shape and trim parts of joints to ensure a snug fit, using hand tools such as planes, chisels, or wood files. | ||||
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Match materials for color, grain, and texture, giving attention to knots and other features of the wood. | ||||
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Trim, sand, and scrape surfaces and joints to prepare articles for finishing. | ||||
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Bore holes for insertion of screws or dowels, by hand or using boring machines. | ||||
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Program computers to operate machinery. | ||||
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Estimate the amounts, types, and costs of needed materials. | ||||
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Perform final touch-ups with sandpaper and steel wool. | ||||
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Install hardware such as hinges, handles, catches, and drawer pulls, using hand tools. | ||||
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Discuss projects with customers, and draw up detailed specifications. | ||||
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Repair or alter wooden furniture, cabinetry, fixtures, paneling, and other pieces. | ||||
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Apply Masonite, formica, and vinyl surfacing materials. | ||||
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Design furniture, using computer-aided drawing programs. | ||||
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Dip, brush, or spray assembled articles with protective or decorative finishes such as stain, varnish, paint, or lacquer. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. | |||
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Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. | |||
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Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Building and Construction | Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Operation Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |||
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Equipment Selection | Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. | |||
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Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. | |||
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Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. | |||
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Operations Analysis | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. | |||
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Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. | |||
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Repairing | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. | |||
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Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. | |||
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Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. | |||
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Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. | |||
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Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. | |||
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Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. | |||
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Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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Rate Control | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. | |||
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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. | |||
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Hearing Sensitivity | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Speed of Limb Movement | The ability to quickly move the arms and legs. | |||
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Gross Body Coordination | The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion. | |||
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Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. | |||
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Response Orientation | The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part. | |||
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Dynamic Strength | The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue. | |||
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Stamina | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. | |||
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Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. | |||
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Depth Perception | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. | |||
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Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. | |||
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Wrist-Finger Speed | The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists. | |||
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Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Time Sharing | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
Computer aided design CAD software | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Computer estimation software | Project management software | |||
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Computerized maintenance management system CMMS software | Facilities management software | |||
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Data entry software | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | |||
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Adjustable hand wrenches | Adjustable wrenches | |||
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Adjustable jigs | Positioning jig | |||
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Angle dividers | Compasses | |||
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Awls | Awls | |||
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Back saws | Saws | |||
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Band clamps | Hold down clamps | |||
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Bandsaws | Bandsaw wheel | |||
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Bar clamps | Hand clamps | |||
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Bastard flat files | Files | |||
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Belt sanders | Power sanders | |||
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Bench dogs | Bench dog | |||
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Bench grinders | Power grinders | |||
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Bench vises | Bench vises | |||
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Biscuit joiners | Biscuit jointers | |||
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Biscuit joining machines | Biscuit jointers | |||
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Block planes | Planes | |||
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Boring machines | Boring machines | |||
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Bowl gouges | Wood chisels | |||
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Bowl lathes | Lathes | |||
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Braces and bits | Hand or push drill | |||
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Burn-in knives | Utility knives | |||
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Cam clamps | Hand clamps | |||
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Carpentry chisels | Wood chisels | |||
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Case clamps | Positioning jig | |||
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Chop saws | Power saws | |||
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Circular planes | Planes | |||
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Circular saws | Power saws | |||
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Claw hammers | Hammers | |||
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Cold presses | Workshop presses | |||
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Combination planes | Planes | |||
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Combination squares | Squares | |||
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Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers | Milling machines | |||
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Computerized numerical control CNC routers | Milling cutters | |||
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Cutoff saws | Power saws | |||
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Dial calipers | Calipers | |||
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Digital micrometers | Micrometers | |||
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Disk sanders | Power sanders | |||
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Dividers | Compasses | |||
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Dovetail saws | Saws | |||
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Drafting compasses | Compasses | |||
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Draw knives | Utility knives | |||
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Drill presses | Drilling machines | |||
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Edge banders | Banders | |||
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Edge sanders | Sanding machines | |||
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Edging clamps | Hold down clamps | |||
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Fingernail gouges | Wood chisels | |||
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Fore planes | Planes | |||
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Hand augers | Augers | |||
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Hand sanders | Sanding blocks | |||
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Hand saws | Saws | |||
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Hand screw wood clamps | Hand clamps | |||
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Heated putty knives | Putty knives | |||
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Hot presses | Workshop presses | |||
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Jack planes | Planes | |||
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Jig saws | Power saws | |||
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Jointer planes | Planes | |||
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Jointers | Power planes | |||
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Lacquer booths | Spray booths | |||
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Laminate trimmers | Power routers | |||
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Layout squares | Squares | |||
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Line borers | Boring machines | |||
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Locking C-clamps | C clamps | |||
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Locking pliers | Locking pliers | |||
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Machinists' squares | Squares | |||
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Mallets | Mallets | |||
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Marking gauges | Metal markers or holders | |||
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Marking knives | Scribers | |||
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Measuring tapes | Tape measures | |||
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Metal punches | Metal stamps or punches | |||
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Metal shears | Shears | |||
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Mill files | Files | |||
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Mini lathes | Lathes | |||
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Minipresses | Boring machines | |||
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Miter clamps | Hand clamps | |||
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Miter saws | Sawing machines | |||
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Moisture meters | Moisture meters | |||
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Morticers | Wood chisels | |||
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Nail guns | Power nail guns | |||
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Overarm routers | Power routers | |||
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Paint application brushes | Paint brushes | |||
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Paint application rollers | Paint rollers | |||
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Paint spray guns | Paint sprayers | |||
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Panel routers | Power routers | |||
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Panel saws | Power saws | |||
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Parallel jaw clamps | Hold down clamps | |||
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Parting tools | Wood chisels | |||
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Personal computers | Personal computers | |||
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Phillips head screwdrivers | Screwdrivers | |||
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Pin nailers | Power nail guns | |||
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Plate jointers | Biscuit jointers | |||
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Plumb bobs | Plumb bobs | |||
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Plunge routers | Power routers | |||
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Pneumatic nail guns | Pneumatic nail drivers | |||
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Pneumatic staplers | Staple guns | |||
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Portable routers | Power routers | |||
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Power drills | Power drills | |||
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Power planers | Power planes | |||
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Power routers | Power routers | |||
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Power sanders | Power sanders | |||
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Power saws | Power saws | |||
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Power screwguns | Power screwguns | |||
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Precision levels | Levels | |||
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Profile grinders | Grinding machines | |||
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Profile molders | Power trimmers | |||
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Protective ear plugs | Ear plugs | |||
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Putty knives | Putty knives | |||
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Quick-release clamps | Hand clamps | |||
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Radial arm saws | Power saws | |||
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Radial drills | Twist drills | |||
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Random orbital sanders | Power sanders | |||
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Reciprocating saws | Power saws | |||
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Rip saws | Power saws | |||
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Roughing gouges | Wood chisels | |||
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Saber saws | Power saws | |||
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Safety glasses | Safety glasses | |||
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Safety goggles | Goggles | |||
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Scrapers | Razor knives | |||
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Scribers | Scribers | |||
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Scroll saws | Power saws | |||
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Set squares | Squares | |||
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Shapers | Planes | |||
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Single spindle drill presses | Drilling machines | |||
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Skew chisels | Wood chisels | |||
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Slide calipers | Calipers | |||
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Sliding panel saws | Power saws | |||
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Sliding table saws | Power saws | |||
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Smooth planes | Planes | |||
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Spindle shapers | Planes | |||
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Spokeshaves | Wood chisels | |||
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Spring clamps | Hold down clamps | |||
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Staple guns | Staple guns | |||
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Steel rules | Rulers | |||
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Straight screwdrivers | Screwdrivers | |||
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T-bevels | Bevels | |||
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T-squares | T squares | |||
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Table routers | Power routers | |||
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Table saws | Power saws | |||
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Templates | Templates | |||
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Tenon saws | Saws | |||
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Tenoners | Cutting machines | |||
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Thickness planers | Power planes | |||
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Tool sharpeners | Sharpening stones or tools or kits | |||
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Trammel points | Compasses | |||
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Utility knives | Utility knives | |||
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Veneer saws | Saws | |||
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Viscosity cups | Viscosimeters | |||
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Water wheels | Grinding wheels | |||
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Wedge clamps | Hand clamps | |||
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Wide belt sanders | Sanding machines | |||
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Wood files | Files | |||
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Wood lathes | Lathes | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
On-the-Job Training | Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year | |||
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On-Site or In-Plant Training | Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years | |||
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Required Level of Education | Some College Courses | |||
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Required Level of Education | High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Accordion Maker | |||
Alteration Worker | |||
Antique Furniture Repairer | |||
Antique Repairer | |||
Apprentice, Mechanist, Wood | |||
Boat Oar Maker | |||
Bow Maker | |||
Cabinet Assembler | |||
Cabinet Builder | |||
Cabinet Door Maker | |||
Cabinet Installer | |||
Cabinet Maker | |||
Cabinet Worker | |||
Cabinetmaker Apprentice | |||
Chair Maker | |||
Chair Mechanic | |||
Chair Mender | |||
Counter Top Maker | |||
Custom Stock Maker | |||
Cutter | |||
Double End Saw Operator | |||
Double End Tenon Operator | |||
Experimental Box Tester | |||
Frame Builder | |||
Framer | |||
Furniture Builder | |||
Furniture Maker | |||
Guitar Maker | |||
Hand Carver | |||
Hand Fretted Instrument Maker | |||
Hand Violin Maker | |||
Harp Maker | |||
Harpsichord Maker | |||
Hat Block Maker | |||
Inlayer | |||
Last Model Maker | |||
Machine Operator | |||
Mantel Craftsman | |||
Marquetry Worker | |||
Pipe Organ Builder | |||
Precision Assembler | |||
Router Operator | |||
Sample Shop Technician | |||
Sander | |||
Shop Worker | |||
Smoking Pipe Maker | |||
Special Assembler | |||
Stock Checkerer | |||
Technical Machine Operator | |||
Wood Cabinetmaker Apprentice | |||
Wood Furniture Assembler | |||
Wood Machinist | |||
Wood Machinist Apprentice | |||
Wood Mechanist | |||
Wood Ski Maker | |||
Wood Working Assembler | |||
Woodworker | |||
Woodworking Bench Carpenter | |||
Woodworking Machinist | |||
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