Description
Design, cut, shape, assemble, and finish wooden furniture; set up and operate hand tools and woodworking machines, such as power saws, jointers, routers, shapers, mortisers, and CNC equipment, to fabricate precise parts from lumber or composites and produce high-quality finished pieces.
Knowledge
Manufacturing and Production
- • Production and Processing
Engineering and Technology
- • Engineering and Technology
- • Design
- • Building and Construction
- • Mechanical
Mathematics and Science
- • Mathematics
Skills
Content
- • Speaking
Process
- • Critical Thinking
- • Monitoring
Technical Skills
- • Operations Analysis
- • Equipment Selection
- • Operations Monitoring
- • Operation and Control
- • Troubleshooting
- • Quality Control Analysis
Systems Skills
- • Judgment and Decision Making
Resource Management Skills
- • Time Management
Abilities
Verbal Abilities
- • Oral Comprehension
- • Written Comprehension
- • Oral Expression
Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities
- • Problem Sensitivity
- • Deductive Reasoning
- • Inductive Reasoning
- • Information Ordering
- • Category Flexibility
Perceptual Abilities
- • Perceptual Speed
Spatial Abilities
- • Visualization
Attentiveness
- • Selective Attention
Fine Manipulative Abilities
- • Arm-Hand Steadiness
- • Manual Dexterity
- • Finger Dexterity
Control Movement Abilities
- • Control Precision
- • Multilimb Coordination
- • Response Orientation
Reaction Time and Speed Abilities
- • Reaction Time
Physical Strength Abilities
- • Static Strength
- • Trunk Strength
Flexibility, Balance, and Coordination
- • Extent Flexibility
Visual Abilities
- • Near Vision
- • Far Vision
- • Depth Perception
Auditory and Speech Abilities
- • Hearing Sensitivity
- • Auditory Attention
- • Speech Recognition
Related specializations
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Interview time
Related Pathways
Advanced Manufacturing
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
