About this program
A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to set up, operate and repair industrial woodworking machinery, and to use such machinery to design and fabricate wooden components and complete articles.
Career Opportunities
Wood Sawing Machine Setters, Operators And Tenders
set up, operate, or tend wood sawing machines. May operate computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment. Includes lead sawyers.
$33290
No degree required
Strong job growth
Personality Match
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators And Tenders
set up, operate, or tend woodworking machines, such as drill presses, lathes, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, and wood nailing machines. May operate computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment.
$33540
No degree required
Strong job growth
Personality Match
Wood Model Makers
construct full-size and scale wooden precision models of products. Includes wood jig builders and loft workers.
$62600
No degree required
Wood Patternmakers
plan, lay out, and construct wooden unit or sectional patterns used in forming sand molds for castings.
$60750
Post-secondary certificate
Personality Match
Cabinetmakers And Bench Carpenters
cut, shape, and assemble wooden articles or set up and operate a variety of woodworking machines, such as power saws, jointers, and mortisers to surface, cut, or shape lumber or to fabricate parts for wood products.
$38900
No degree required
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