Occupation Atlaswood pallet maker
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a77bc925-c441-42f2-92d4-666b103fc025
wood pallet maker
Wood pallet makers create wood pallets for use in storage, shipping and manipulation of goods. Pallet makers operate a machine that takes in usually low-grade softwood planks treated with heat or chemicals and nails them together. The material and shape of the pallets, the treatment methods, and the number and pattern of nails used are all highly standardised to make exchange of used pallets possible.
Compare with another occupationCompare with engineered wood board machine operator
Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 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
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic7.00
- C Conventional4.14
- I Investigative2.38
- S Social1.20
- A Artistic1.13
- E Enterprising1.02
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 Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing (51-7042.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (16)
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
- monitor automated machines
- monitor conveyor belt
- operate forklift
- pallet dimensions
- perform test run
- quality standards
- remove inadequate workpieces
- remove processed workpiece
- set up the controller of a machine
- supply machine
- troubleshoot
- types of pallets
- wear appropriate protective gear
- work safely with machines
Optional (22)
- check quality of raw materials
- conduct routine machinery checks
- consult technical resources
- heat materials
- identify hazards in the workplace
- inspect machinery
- inspect quality of products
- keep records of work progress
- measure parts of manufactured products
- operate nail gun
- operate nailing machinery
- operate thickness planer machine
- operate wood sawing equipment
- pallets loading
- perform machine maintenance
- prepare wood production reports
- produce customised products
- record production data for quality control
- replace sawing blade on machine
- stack empty pallets
- types of wood
- 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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