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-skilledCheck your pay
- Salary range for the majority of workers in Woodworking-machine tool setters and operators - from R8 510 to R36 951 per month - 2026.
- A Woodworking-machine tool setters and operators typically earns between R8 510 and R16 937 net per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between R10 067 and R22 187 per month for a working week of 45 hours.
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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
