Occupation Atlaswood boring machine operator
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7e08d38d-30c9-4a6f-b88e-b28e87c0b259
wood boring machine operator
Wood boring machine operators use milling machines or specialise boring jigs to cut holes in wood workpieces. Wood boring differs from routing mainly in that the main movement is into the workpiece as opposed to across its surface.
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Job Zone
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Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic7.00
- C Conventional4.27
- I Investigative2.75
- A Artistic1.00
- S Social1.00
- E Enterprising1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (51-4032.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (18)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- dispose of cutting waste material
- ensure conformity to specifications
- ensure equipment availability
- manipulate wood
- monitor automated machines
- perform test run
- quality standards
- remove inadequate workpieces
- remove processed workpiece
- set up the controller of a machine
- supply machine
- supply machine with appropriate tools
- tend boring machine
- troubleshoot
- types of boring heads
- types of drill bits
- types of wood
- work safely with machines
Optional (23)
- CAD software
- advise on machinery malfunctions
- apply wood finishes
- check quality of raw materials
- consult technical resources
- cutting technologies
- inspect quality of products
- keep records of work progress
- manufacturing of daily use goods
- manufacturing of furniture
- manufacturing of sports equipment
- measure parts of manufactured products
- mechanical systems
- monitor conveyor belt
- monitor stock level
- pack goods
- perform machine maintenance
- perform product testing
- prepare wood production reports
- record production data for quality control
- sand wood
- tend CNC drilling machine
- woodworking processes
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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