wood drying kiln operator

Job Zone

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
5. 5

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

RCERealistic · Conventional · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order

• R Realistic6.86
• C Conventional4.16
• E Enterprising1.83
• I Investigative1.60
• S Social1.26
• A Artistic1.11

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 Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders (51-3091.00): 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 (19)

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.

• acclimatise timber
• apply wood kiln drying technologies
• construction products
• control kiln firing
• dry wood
• handle timber
• heat materials
• identify drying defects in wood
• kiln types
• load materials into furnace
• manage kiln ventilation
• measure furnace temperature
• prepare kiln schedules
• stack timber
• timber products
• types of wood
• wear appropriate protective gear
• wood moisture content
• wood products