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Wood boring machine operator

Latest available data: March 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Wood borer Wood boring machine operative Wood boring machine operator Wood boring machine setter Wood boring machine specialist Wood boring machine technician Wood boring machine tender Wood boring machine worker Wood boring mill operator Wood boring mill specialist Wood boring mill technician Wood boring specialist Wood boring technician Wood boring worker Wood drilling machine operator Wood drilling machine specialist Wood drilling machine technician

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.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Setting-up, programming, operating and monitoring several types of woodworking machines for sawing, shaping, boring, drilling, planing, pressing, turning, sanding or carving to fabricate or repair wooden parts for furniture, fixtures and other wooden products;
(b) Operating preset special-purpose woodworking machines to fabricate wooden products such as coat hangers, mop handles, clothes pins and other products;
(c) Selecting knives, saws, blades, cutter heads, cams, bits or belts according to work piece, machine functions and product specifications;
(d) Installing and adjusting blades, cutter heads, boring-bits and sanding-belts, and using hand tools and rules;
(e) Setting and adjusting various kinds of woodworking machines for operation by others;
(f) Reading and interpreting specifications or following verbal instructions.

Knowledge

  • Mechanics and metal trades
  • Materials (glass, paper, plastic and wood)
  • Wholesale and retail sales
  • Software and applications development and analysis
  • Chemical engineering and processes

Digital competencies

  • Monitoring quality of products
  • Maintaining operational records
  • Working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • Positioning materials, tools or equipment
  • Monitoring operational activities

Digital competencies

  • Using digital tools to control machinery

Personal competencies

  • Working efficiently
  • Communicating
  • Supporting others

Professional groups of the occupation

Craft and related trades workers

Food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related trades workers

Wood treaters, cabinet-makers and related trades workers

Woodworking machine tool setters and operators

Other occupations of the professional group

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Woodworking machine tool setters and operators

12

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

5,58%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

140,00% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

83,33%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

16,67%

Part-time contracts

1,09% Turnover index

20

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

12%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related trades workers

72%

28%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related trades workers

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Wood treaters, cabinet-makers and related trades workers

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Woodworking machine tool setters and operators

No experience
14%
Less than 1 year
6%
Between 1 and 2 years
17%
Between 2 and 4 years
28%
Between 4 and 8 years
14%
More than 8 years
21%
Manufacturing
25%
Construction
24%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
14%
Education
10%
Other service activities
10%
Others
17%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.